On Wed, 30 May 2012 09:48:11 +1200, Andy Linton wrote:
Your views on this would be appreciated.
I too would be interested in some clarification of exactly what problem this proposal sets out to solve other than the explicitly mentioned "some people want this". My (fairly casual) thought on this is that opening up second level registration essentially does away with the idea of establishing a taxonomy in .nz domain names, with the assumption being that a direct second level registration is basically a "generic name within NZ" registration? Where then does this leave .gen.nz? Registrants already have the option of a "generic" domain name within the .gen.nz hierarchy, yet they occupy only about 0.3% of the .nz space at the moment, which hardly speaks to a strong demand. Is it merely that the aesthetic of ".gen.nz" is much worse than plain ".nz" for generic names? That doesn't seem like a strong reason to me to undertake as much work as it seems like opening up second level registration would require (though I admit I don't have any really firm grasp of how much work this would really be). Further, if second level registration is opened where does that leave .gen.nz? Does it seem untidy to have two "generic" hierarchies in the .nz zone? -- -Michael Fincham System Administrator, Unleash www.unleash.co.nz