(I am the CEO of dotyp.com)I am deeply concerned about the lack of proper
attention given
by ICANN to the .Find gTLD application and respectfully request
a re-evaluation and reconsideration. The ICANN postings
summarily dismiss
the application and evidence the lack of a fair
and proper hearing based upon
misunderstandings and
misinterpretations of the proposal's technical sophistication
and
vision. We at .Find were never informed of any concerns or ever
given
an opportunity to address them openly and substantively.
Our technical expertise
is second to none, with a staggering
amount of collective ingenuity, integrity
and experience deriving
from industry leaders from Apple Computer, Exodus
Communications
and IBM among others.
Hence, imagine the dismay and disbelief of being attacked
on
the specious grounds that this statement represents:.
"Their new service would require substantial search
capabilities, including the
ability to handle misspellings and
near matches, which would require technical
approaches and
provisioning not specified in the proposal." This is basic
technology readily available and was not, in our opinion, a part of
the proposal
due to its obvious nature. NOR were we ever
approached for clarification.
Then
the Committee goes on to make incorrect and
uncorroborated assumptions (without
contacting us for
clarification) "that the proposal's business plan was
not as
thorough as other plans in many areas. For example, a key
underlying
assumption of the proposal is that other third party
businesses (yellow page
directory companies) would
fundamentally change their businesses in the manner
proposed
by Monsoon." As stated in our proposal, we enjoy the support
of
The Yellow Pages Publishers Association (YPPA) which has
agreed to have
one of their members join our Board of Advisors.
They nor we were ever
approached to explain or expound on this
involvement. In response to this
oversight, YPPA will contact
ICANN directly to state it's position. We
have received
confirmation from YPPA that it "recognizes .Find's potential to
provide global access and unbiased competition for the small
and large business
alike. We like the fact that .Find respects the
present Yellow Pages infrastructure
and it's long established
tradition and legacy , while simultaneously providing
a
technology platform to extend and enhance this legacy so that
every business
in the world can have electronic visibility on the
web via one universally
accessible and efficient gTLD ."
.Find followed ICANN's request for innovation
on August 15,
2000, when ICCAN invited applicants to " be creative and to
explain
the value of their proposals in the context of these and
any other relevant factors."
.Find was intelligently and rigorously
designed to offer an expansion and enhancement
of the utility of
the existing DNS protocol by providing a tool that refines
and
scales information geographically as well as incorporates
context-sensitive
searching capabilities within the URL. This will
increase the number of
unique identities on the Internet for
businesses with domain names as well as
those that do not or
cannot obtain them.
.Find's proposal is User friendly.
Internet users have been trying
to use the domain name system as a directory
lookup, despite
the fact it was not designed for that purpose. .Find is
an
innovative solution to name space crowding and the limitations
on unique
Internet identities by giving owners of similar names a
unique locator and identity
based upon topical and geographical
significance.
.Find met ICANN's August
15, 2000 criteria of 'advancing
competitive frontiers by introducing an innovative
use of the
DNS.' Other registration systems are limited by the number of
specific
domains, creating competition limited to the first, fastest,
best informed and
financially enabled. Whether it's Delta Airlines
in Atlanta or San Francisco
or Delta Faucets in Akron Ohio, users
can instantly locate directory data, URL's
and emails on
businesses large and small around the world". .This universal
search and identity locator provides a public service and
commercial
utility benefiting the internet at large, all the gTDL's
and their constituents
and land based businesses and
directories.
".Find respects intellectual property
rights using only listed
names. .Find's prime interest is to expand and
empower without
conflicts of intellectual property or personal privacy rights.
We
respectfully request reconsideration
Sincerely,
Frank A. Corsini
CEO