(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