I think it's good to have script/unicode domain names but I find it absolutely ridiculous to open up internet to the possible anarchy of all the domain names that are going to sprout up after this is opened up. Granted some people want to have some fancy name for themselves (granted they have a hundred thousand dollars and some server hardware lying around), it is ridiculous that some legitimate site in the future wouldn't be able to get toplevel domain name because it was granted already. What if we have a new country that needs a new Top level domain name? What if we go to moon and mars and want to get that? Although opening for unicode works for all of us and can be seen as an inclusive gesture, I don't find the 'opening' of the internet top level domains to be so spectacular. The idea with .com, .org, .net and the country level domain names was to provide a structure and identification to individuals and companies and have a standard. ICANN was setup to maintain that standard as a governing body. Unfortunately, the registrars didn't quite follow the initial plans and domains became quite profitable business to some. Who knows what kind of word we might use in 10 years and what kind of domain names we might want then? (Did you anticipate the word 'blog' in 1993?) I think ICANN should open it up a little bit at a time and according to the needs. Say, facebook.social myspace.social for say social networking sites, .blog for blogs or whatever but a few at a time and still maintain the current hierarchy. The hierarchy provides structure to the internet and these actions might just break the internet as we know it or make some nice little walled gardens for some... with people playing premiums to view their favorite .xxx domains. It will be interesting to see how this will be 'regulated'
On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 4:57 PM, jaHsaaymi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I like it. Why restrict, where it is possible... Unicode works, Many > people use non-english stuff, Why restrict the internet domain names > to english... > > Great! > > On Jun 27, 11:25 am, "Ujwal Shrestha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +1 KOOL > > Regards > > Ujwal > > > > On 6/27/08, suVasH..... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > looks cool > > > > > lets see if it gets >really< useful > > > > > suVasH..... > > > > > On 6/27/08, Jitendra kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 10:02 AM, bibstha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> wrote: > > > > >>> Great news!! > > >>> It means now we can have domain names like फस . नेपाल ? > > > > >> Yup, it is really a great news. Finally the goal that was set in > 1998 is > > >> complete after 10 years. I am desperate to watch ur dream domain come > true, > > >> bibek :). > > > > >>> On Jun 26, 11:57 pm, Ankur Sharma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > Ke ho shankar naya flame war suru garney tarkhar ma ho ki kya ho ;) > > >>> > On Jun 27, 2008, at 12:37 AM, Shankar Pokharel wrote: > > > > >>> > > Domain names written in scripts has been finally approved by > ICANN, > > > > >>> > > BBC writes: > > >>> > > The net's regulator, Icann, voted unanimously to relax the strict > > >>> > > rules on so-called "top-level" domain names, such as .com or .uk. > > > > >>> > > A second proposal, to introduce domain names written in scripts, > such > > >>> > > as Asian and Arabic, was also approved. > > > > >>> > > Full article at: > > >>> > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7475986.stm > > > > >>> > > What do you think about it? > > > > >>> > > $nkr > > > > -- > > Regards > > Ujwal Shrestha > > > -- Prasanna Gautam 300 Summit Street #700248 Trinity College Hartford, CT 06106 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
