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[ NNSquad ] Icann Hires Former Cybersecurity Chief as New C.E.O. [with comments]
This decision had been rumored for weeks. Three comments:
1) The more TLDs that are introduced, the more confusion there is
among both domain name holders and the Internet user community in
general (that is, the population of the world). As such, the main
TLDs already in common use (com, net, org, edu + country TLDs)
gain in value and demand since they will increasingly stand out
amongst the clutter of MOBIes, SEXies, WIMPies, WACKies, and who
knows what else, most of which will quite rightly be treated by
consumers as confusing nonsense. The driving force behind the
introduction of new TLDs at this stage is creating new profit
centers through consumer confusion, and ICANN has become the
primary enabler of a domain name regime that we can charitably
categorize as just one notch short of a scam.
2) ICANN is increasingly a white elephant whose original
justifications have been warped in ways that Kafka might have
appreciated, but that no longer tend to serve the interests of the
Internet community at large. It is difficult to see how it
can have any long term future, especially given the international
forces in play.
3) To Rod Beckstrom: You thought things were screwed up at NCC?
You ain't seen nuthin' yet. Lotsa luck ... you're gonna need it.
--Lauren--
NNSquad Moderator
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Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:30:32 -0400
From: David Farber <dave@farber.net>
Subject: [IP] Icann Hires Former Cybersecurity Chief as New C.E.O. -
NYTimes.com
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http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/26/technology/AP-US-TEC-Internet-Names.html?ref=technology
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