WorldThoughts writes>Maybe
I should call her and ask her, "But what if you lose your feet?!<
I was sad I had
no shoes till I met a man who had no feet. So I stole his shoes and ran away with
them.
You seem to think I'm repeating a mantra about .web, painting a negative
scenario. What I'm doing is responding to some of the unrealistically positive (as
well as sometimes misleading or downright false) .web posts.
The people who will
make the decision regarding new domains are probably well aware of .web's history,
and well aware that some people have invested money in .web names. Posting that information
here, after the first or tenth time, is redundant, I don't think it helps your cause
either with ICANN or with those like me who have no particular interest either way
(though I've redundantly said that I support the inclusion of .web and its database).
An overly suspicious person might think that this is just an attempt to advertise
.web names, which isn't the purpose of this forum. Now we have people hustling ccTLD
code names, which isn't helpful either.
I'm a little suspicious of people whose
business plan seems to be to wait for the possible inclusion of their pre-bought
.web domain so that they can launch an internet business. In case you haven't noticed,
the first golden age of the net seems to be setting.
Those with a real intent
to set up a site can do so with existing names, the fact that they don't implies
to me that their business plan is to resell the names. There's nothing legally (or,
to me, morally) wrong about that, but I don't think ICANN will see that as a valid
reason for including .web. Because it wouldn't release as many new and non-prebought
names to the public as some other new domain, one could say it actually works against
you.
Hmmm, not that oil-rich Oman needs it, but they're missing an opportunity
marketing to meditators and mantrists everywhere.