Err this is madness!

 

>From the article:

?In the small proportion of instances where there could be competition ? e.g. where one person holds example.co.uk and another holds example.org.uk ? the shorter domain will be offered to the .co.uk registrant.?

 

So the domain space is collapsed by a mass migration of .co.uk to .uk for what purpose? What utter confusion for the .org?s and the like. Perhaps the .co is meaningless in people?s minds ? a mistake of the past. We should be so lucky to be .com.au and get the best of both worlds ? a recognized brand and a regional separation with the potential for further discrimination between logical groups. 

 

Leave me out of destroying this in favor of a once off land grab by existing .com owners or companies with deep pockets ?..

 

Doug

 

 

From: dns-bounces at dotau.org [mailto:dns-bounces at dotau.org] On Behalf Of Jon Lawrence (Personal)
Sent: Wednesday, 20 November 2013 9:00 PM
To: dns at dotau.org
Subject: [DNS] Catch-up time for .au

 

http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/latest/nominet-ushers-new-era-uk-namespace

 

So, .uk are doing it. And .nz is doing it (opening up registrations at the second-level). And as they're both currently 'co.', they don't even suffer from the same brand confusion that we get from being 'com.'.

 

I call on auDA to urgently convene a new Names Panel to consider the issue of opening up second-level registrations in .au.

 

Sorry Chris, but the 'let's see how the dust settles on the new gTLDs first' line is, in my opinion, naive, and I believe puts the long-term success of .au at genuine risk.

 

Who's with me?

 

Jon

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