International Top Level Domains

Quoting from Piet Beertema's message:
> 
>     The case for more TLDs is largely based on vague and unattributed 
>     generalisations of the "there is a perceived need..." and "it is
>     considered undesirable..." variety.  More ominously, we are told
>     that "market forces dictate...".  If "the market" is to govern the
>     Internet, and dictatorship is its avowed form of governance, then
>     it is pointless to circulate drafts, let alone comment on them.
> Right, and the interesting, though sad, thing is that all
> those official "Internet bodies", who are supposed to keep
> the Internet *technically* healthy and running, at least
> *seem* to be backing this nonsense and thus to be trading
> in technical arguments for commercial ones.
> The penultimate consequence of market force dictation will
> be that all current 1st level domains (or 2nd level where
> there are "artificial" 1st level domains) will be replaced
> by top level domains. Back to uucp times...
> 
> 
> 	Piet

Piet,

don't you think it is the case to send your opinion, which I fully
agree, on the tld-admin at ripe.net list, so that also Jon Postel
can read it?

Blasco

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