From the perspective of an individual, not a company
(profit or non), the only TLD available is the .org. To choose a .com or .net would
do more violence to the meaning of the terms than the miscellaneous catch-all of
.org. Further, the practical problem is what TLD to move to?In addition,
the proposed changes appear to be a solution in search of a problem. What possible
competitive advantage, to use an economic term, accrues to an entity that chooses
the .org over the .com or .net? If there is no advantage, why would anyone use a
.org unless that was the only choice?
To sum up, the proposed changes give rise
to several questions:
1. What is the problem and how will the change solve the
problem?
2. What are the unintended, but no less real, side effects of the change?
3. Who
benefits from the change and who loses?
4. To what TLD do the newly disenfranchised
move to?