William is correct. Sure - ICANN has given a list - but questions of
availability and approval for provisioning the new TLDs... well, those are
questions best given to ICANN.
Charles Daminato
TUCOWS Product Manager (ccTLDs)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
> Hello Jose,
>
> Not speaking for Charles, but ICANN has only provisionally approved
> these domains, and has not even started the contract negotiations yet.
> The rules and terms have not been agreed to or approved yet.
>
> I would bet it is way too soon to even be guessing at the answer to
> this question, and I would certainly not guarantee anything to anyone
> at this stage.
>
> Monday, November 20, 2000, 1:49:54 AM, you wrote:
>
> > Dear Charles
> > Further into your reply concerning new TLDs, I have a question for you:
>
> > Will ALL current registrars (i.e. Tucows, Network Solutions, etc)
> > automatically be granted the registration of new extensions whatever they
> > are, or could it be that TUCOWS for example if left out of this process?
>
> > I have no doubt that you will incorporate this to the code and API, I am
> > concerned about whether I can "guarantee" my clients that we will be dealing
> > with this extensions?
>
> > Thank you.
>
>
> > Jose Luis Moya
>
>
> > on 17/11/00 18:32, Charles Daminato at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >> IF/When these gTLDs become available, OpenSRS will (of course) do everything
> >> in their power to offer them...
> >>
> >> Remember - they haven't been approved yet, just been granted further
> >> discussion and negotiation with ICANN. Nothing's set in stone, nor are
> >> there any timelines... The field has just been narrowed.
> >>
> >> Since we're in cohoots with Afilias (we'll be doing the technical backend
> >> solution) if .info makes it through all this 'stuff', we'll definitely be
> >> offering it.
> >>
> >> --
> >>
> >> Charles Daminato
> >> Tucows Product Manager (ccTLDs)
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >>
> >> Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to
> >> time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
> >>
> >> - Oscar Wilde
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> >> Behalf Of Marc Herms (Mercator GmbH)
> >> Sent: November 17, 2000 12:21 PM
> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: Re: new dots
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I have read that ICANN approved 7 new TLDs:
> >>
> >> .info
> >> .biz
> >> .name
> >> .pro
> >> .museum
> >> .coop
> >> .aero
> >>
> >> WHEN can we register those domains? Is OpenSRS supposed to support them?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> marc
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> William mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
