[ifwp] Re: theoretical question

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From: Martin B. Schwimmer <martys at interport.net>
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>Your client asks you what to do.  What do you tell him?
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It depends. Today the answer might be to
look for another .COM name. Next month
the answer might be to select another TLD.


http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/unir.txt

If new TLDs are not added to the legacy Root
Name Servers controlled by the U.S. Government
then we all might as well agree that .COM is the
new root or "dot" as some might say. This atually
has some technical merit. Unfortunately, it would
make all of the other non-COM TLDs worthless
at some point. With ALL of the names under the
.COM root, software developers would likely move
quickly to a position where .COM disappears. We
have already seen that trend with browsers. They
assume that you want WWW.%name.COM.

Would you prefer to have the entire DNS pushed
down one level under .COM ?

If you do that, then you effectively have 2,000,000+
TLDs. ATT, IBM, SUN, MICROSOFT, etc. all would
have their own. The people with the generic words
line .COMPUTER or .SYSTEMS would likely emerge
to become the TLD registries. People would then
be able to move to "grab" SUN.SYSTEMS.COM.
but the .COM would not show up, it would be hidden
by all popular software. Now, what does the Sun
Microsystems do about the company that ends up
with SUN.SYSTEMS ? How about SUN.OIL which
would really be SUN.OIL.COM ?

As I see it, you have two choices, expand the root
or make .COM the root. Pick one. We can not have
it both ways. Keep in mind that if the root is not
expanded, then non-COM TLDs (like .UK) might as
well close their doors. Is that what you want ?

Again, there are two choices...this is not rocket science...


Jim Fleming
Unir Corporation - http://www.unir.com
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