On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 12:23:28PM -0700, Scott Francis wrote: > that's exactly my point! it's _not_ reliable, but it's the behavior > that the average user has come to expect. If we can't even guarantee > reliability with the small handful of TLDs currently in use, when we > start introducing arbitrary new ones to anybody that can pay, I'm > concerned that it's going to make user support even more of a headache > (for those of us unfortunate enough to be involved in that role, > professionally or personally :))
That sounds like the "gun control will reduce gun crime" argument, to me. :-) If there are enough *widely used* (generic) TLDs, then *people will stop believing that ".com is the 'real' domain" (wasn't that Verisign's sales pitch, once upon a time?). Cheers -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer +-Internetworking------+---------+ RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates | Best Practices Wiki | | '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA +-http://bestpractices.wikia.com-+ +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
