Re: Tired of Waiting

[Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>]

Christopher Ambler wrote:
> 
> Your assessment is as inaccurate as your basis for the claim. What
> is the difference between a registry making an honest profit and a
> registrar making an honest profit? If both provide good service,
> contractually prohibit gouging and harm to the Internet, where is the
> harm?

Because this is the Internet public infrastructure and not your personal
playground to make a fast buck. History has taught us a big lesson.
.com represents 85% of all gTLD registrations. There is a reason: gTLDs
are non-portable, quasi-non-interchangeable goods (imagine 'ownership'
of .inc in a world of 100 million SLD delegations). Therefore, competition 
between registries (aka gTLDs) is fantasy. So get over it. Become a registrar. 
Go forth and suffer *real* competition, not pseudo-competition because you 
have a lock on a gTLD. 

Robert
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Robert Shaw <robert.shaw@itu.int>
Head, a.i., IED/Advisor, Global Information Infrastructure
International Telecommunication Union <http://www.itu.int>
Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland