The thing is, you'll soon discover that while we're masturbating our brains
trying to find new extensions, people will only want to register .com and
.com.au domain names... sure people register .biz domain names but hardly
use them, i still haven't seen a .bz being used as a business site ( if
anyone can point me to one i'd be grateful ) .. so do you guys really think
a .law.au or .whatever.au is going to make a difference ? it will only make
the name longer and it will take more time to write it or memorize it , now
a .law is different, it's a GTLD that could have a purpose ( not like stupid
.aero or .name ) let's face it, there is very little hope for success with
other 2TLDs ( .sex.au or .gay.au excepted maybe and i am not kidding, we
know THAT can be a success because there's a demand for it) .... .name.au
doesn't sound very sexy and attractive . it would be more interesting to get
something like jon.lawrence.au but ( first in first served ) but then again
that is a stupid idea because the auDA guys will get an internal combustion
trying to manage such a headache ....

Anyway, sorry, just my 2c   .....correct me if i'm wrong and if you think i
have stupid ideas !

Ginger





-----Original Message-----
From: aussiewide.com (administration) [mailto:rebecca§aussiewide.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:30 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au


I dont care provided I can get .bitch

Rebecca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Lawrence" <jon&#167;jonlawrence.com>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>; <dns§auda.org.au>
Cc: "'Grant Bayley'" <gbayley&#167;ausmac.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:24 PM
Subject: RE: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au


Actually I think .biz reeks of ICANN's spinelessness.  If they'd been
willing
to give the internet community what it wanted it would have taken on Image
Online Design and approved .web


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>Reply-To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Rowe, Joshua" <Joshua.Rowe&#167;auspost.com.au>
>To: "'Dns List (dns&#167;auda.org.au)'" <dns§auda.org.au>
>Cc: 'Grant Bayley' <gbayley&#167;ausmac.net>
>Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 18:03:47 +1000
>Subject: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>Forwarded with Grant's permission.
>
>
>Josh
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Grant Bayley [mailto:gbayley&#167;ausmac.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2002 5:35 PM
>To: Rowe, Joshua
>Cc: Link List (link&#167;www.anu.edu.au)
>Subject: Re: [LINK] auDA to consider new names for .au
>
>
>On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Rowe, Joshua wrote:
>
>> auDA to consider new names for .au
>> http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/2002042402.html
>
>[snip]
>
>> auDA is considering whether there is sufficient public support for the
>
>> creation of some new 2LDs. For example, should auDA follow the example
>
>> of ICANN and create a new "biz.au" or "name.au"? Another option might

>> be to create new 2LDs for specific sectors of the community, like
>> "law.au" for lawyers.
>
>I'll bite on this particular point.
>
>Anyone else think that ".biz" reeks of "1999 dot com excesses"?
>
>For this reason alone I'd assert that it's worth ignoring.
>
>> auDA is particularly interested in receiving proposals for the
>> existing info.au 2LD, which is currently inactive.
>>
>> "Now that the .info gTLD has commenced operation, we think there is
>> real potential for info.au to become a very popular domain among
>> Australian Internet users," said auDA CEO, Chris Disspain.
>
>This is mostly personal opinion, but the existing "new" TLDs have gotten
>a
>bad name for themselves, and mostly because of the process that was
followed
>to bring them into operation.  Firstly, the fact that preference was given
>to those wanted to "reserve" / stake a claim to an existing name meant
that
>it was abused heavily by anyone that could convincingly lie about the
>trademarks/service marks etc that they held.  Secondly, the fact that
>spammers picked up the baton and ran with it for .biz/.info/.name meant
that
>by the time the domains eventually became available, there was such
>confusion and latent anger about having received 500 unsolicited email
>offers to "reserve" domains in the new TLDs, nobody cared about them.
>
>More personal opinion.  Who really wants a domain ending in .name?
>"john.smith.name"  That's got about as much appeal as a warm, mouldy rag.
>Ditto on ".per" as a 2LD/TLD.  At the very least, an opening up of .id.au
>without the 3LD requirement for an Australian animal ought to cater for
the
>demand for personal domain names.
>
>As Chris has hinted at above, the only TLD/2LD's that strike me as having
>any appeal are those that can be immediately used by organisations that
are
>part of a body of professionals or perhaps a club (.law, .club (?)),
>organisations that perform some historical, information aggregation or
>archiving function (.museum, .archive (?)), or provide a clear and obvious
>source of information on a particular topic (.info).
>
>Grant
>
>
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