You ask:>So which is it Incompetence or Corruption?
You know what I believe
- Corruption:
I think many of you are being too kind - letting them get away with
just incompetence.
It was planned to make the most - maximum profit from selling
lottery tickets for two lotteries, so no prize for these tickets in Landrush - trademark
names going to Afilias and Registrars - etc.
Story for you:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/21989.html
"Considering
how long these new TLDs have been in the making - not to mention claims of favouritism
towards Afilias from the notoriously secretive ICANN Board - such a cock-up would
cause many to ask who on earth we have left in charge of the Internet's infrastructure."