Re: Some ideas on the future direction of the RIPE TLD-WG

On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:44:32 +0200, Marcel Schneider wrote:

> On Sunday, 12 Sep 1999, "Kurt Jaeger" writes:
> 
> Hello
> 
 [ ... ]
> > Basically, if they come to common standards, then there's no
> > need to intervene 8-)
> 
> > As we currently delegate domains from more than one country,
> > some, ahem, standardisation might be useful. Currently, it's a mess
> > with different rules, templates etc for each country with respect to almost
> > everything.
> 
 [ ... ]
> 
> > I'm not sure whether this deviation from common ground is obvious
> > to the TLDs themselves, as they normally only deal with their
> > own TLD 8-)
> 
> We know quite well what's happening outside our territory, don't
> be afraid ;-).
> 

Marcel, "outside our territory" indicates a perspective which is
quite natural for a registry.  Kurt's perspective is different,
and one which I believe we registry people (although we understand
it in principle) may not be sufficiently aware of.  He is a 
customer of (or has to deal with) several registries.

Maybe we can learn something useful from listening to how others
see us.

Kurt,  would you like to say more ... ?

Niall O'Reilly