Well good question.
To me it would be totally unacceptable to introduce the .au namespace as a
GTLD restricted to businesses.
Why ?
small businesses and businesses in general having a .com.au and having
advertised with it will never swallow that, it is like going backwards and
paying again for a domain name and advertising campains for virtually
nothing.

And what will the world think ? " Australians are waking up after the war
and introducing a terrific new idea that is the .au domain name )" ... naaaa
bad bad bad....

If you introduce .au as a GTLD, it should be accessible to all australian
citizens, now are you going to ask a certificate of birth or a driver's
licence number when registering a domain name ? that would be a bit
ridiculous ...

So no i think that now it would be a bad idea to do that, doing that would
also mean that the whole .com.au idea is a joke and a mistake and a "ripp
off" ...

And since new names under the .au namespace would also be a bad idea,
basically there is nothing to do ... the AU Administration would do a better
job dealing with the current issues ( as they do apparently when you put a
bit of pressure ), cleaning the mess , establishing a code of conduct that
is enforcable reasonably soon ( dream dream dream ), and getting rid of the
scammers for starters , at least we know they can administrate "something"
and leave work everyday with a clean desk , less stress and a clear
conscience ... then the good ideas could start coming in....


Ginger






-----Original Message-----
From: Adrian Chadd [mailto:adrian§creative.net.au]
Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 11:03 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] RE: auDA to consider new names for .au


On Wed, Apr 24, 2002, Ginger Fish wrote:
> Jon,
>
> Do you have any idea why the .au namespace hasn't been introduced at all
as
> a 2nd level ?

Do you think its a good idea?



Adrian, scared at how much he just trimmed off the end of this email.

--
Adrian Chadd			"For a sucessful technology, reality must
<adrian&#167;creative.net.au>	  take precedence over public relations,
				    for nature cannot be fooled" - Feynmann

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