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Username:	antipathy
Date/Time:	Sun, February 17, 2002 at 2:59 AM GMT
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Subject:	I think you are right on the money Richard - .info has a
Message:
truly new application as well as benefits for traditional .com/.net/.org users, and importantly, is not replicated on the net.  However, .biz looks to me to be at best a "trendy" and possibly ephemeral, third rate substitute for .com.  I think .biz has the potential to rival .tv as a waste of money, swallowed by registry hype.  I think you are also right that some .biz registrars will have secured the best of the lack lustre extension. I think that Neulevel must be aware of the limitations of the appeal of .biz when its own homepage has "how to use .biz" info for prospective registrants.  .biz is not .business, not even for a huge percentage of English speakers, so what is the likelyhood of the takeup of .biz in non-English speaking cultures?

Message Thread:

• Slow uptake with Landrush 2 .biz names? — richard_henderson, February 17 @ 1:07 AM (2/8)
• I disagree.....There will be a definite demand for .biz in time....(not with speculators though) — Gregory W. Krajewski, February 17 @ 6:11 PM (0/0)
• I think you are right on the money Richard - .info has a — antipathy, February 17 @ 2:59 AM (2/6)
• .info — Amar Ochani, February 17 @ 7:09 AM (2/3)
• TLD's — S. Hudgens, February 18 @ 9:25 PM (0/0)
• I feel as you do Amar.  I also have a horrible feeling that — antipathy, February 18 @ 12:31 AM (1/1)
• Competition with .com — S. Hudgens, February 18 @ 9:13 PM (0/0)
• non English biz — domino, February 17 @ 3:28 AM (1/1)
• .biz for B2B sites — moler, February 17 @ 4:06 AM (0/0)

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