At 16:49 2/4/98, Peter Gerrand wrote:
>The commercial SLDs in .au are by definition those available for use by
>Australian entities in the commercial sector (excluding educational bodies,
>government bodies and CSIRO who have specialised SLDs reserved for them:
>edu.au , gov.au and csiro.au). The commercial SLDs therefore logically
>consist of:
>(a) the current SLDs com.au, net.au, org.au, asn.au, conf.au and info.au; and
>(b) proposed additional commercial SLDs such as pr.au.
>
>This may seem to be radical stuff to some of you accustomed to the
>'received wisdom' that only fee-charging SLDs are commercial, whereas
>'free' SLDs are non-commercial - but that view simply doesn't stack up to
>market reality. The commercial users of 'free' DNs want the same level of
>service performance, for registration, delegation, redelegations and
>help-desk support, that they get from a properly resourced, professional
>DNA service - that usually charges fees to pay for those resources.
>In short, the definition of "commercial" should be decided by analysing the
>demand side (end-user needs) and not just the supply side (current DNAs'
>preferences).

...and then there is commercial reality.  ;-)

>...
>
>So while I may be 'leaping out of bounds' beyond the current ADNA charter,
>I am working within the framework of the current regulatory environment.
>Any major rethink of ADNA, as advocated by several on this mailing list,
>should attempt to provide a closer alignment between ADNA+'s role and that
>anticipated in the relevant legislation.

I would just be pleased to see things resolved within the realm in which
ADNA set out to be operating, before it starts trying to take on further
areas which introduce a whole new can of worms...

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