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We barely got people to use .net, .org, .ly, .info, .me, .tv. What makes us think they will use these effectively?

• eli 14y ago
  Moreover, I'm having a hard time imagining a situation where it would be a good idea to own www.foocorp but not www.foocorp.com
• jmduke 14y ago
  ICANN isn't doing this as a B2C venture -- they're targeting companies with enough cash to protect their names.
  • ohashi 14y ago
    Which is exactly what .info, .biz and other new TLDs did to make cash as well. Each TLD that launched was assured something like 200-300k registrations from brands/speculators. Now, ICANN can jump on the money-printing bandwagon.
  • mjwalshe 14y ago
    yep people have been contacting CEO's CTOs and CIOs of big companies (FSTE 100/DOW 30) trying to sell them on this protection racket.