At 12:21 18/09/2003 +1200, Edward Yardley wrote:
I've always noticed that nz.com have a * entry, which could be seen as just reserving what belongs to the owner (ie *.nz.com) but doing it to the whole .com etc name space is just whacking the ball out of court.
There is a difference between someone paying for a domain name and then deciding what to do with the sub domains and what Verisign have done which is not pay for, yet have full use of every domain that has _not_ been registered as yet. I'm sure if they worked out how many non-registered and possible combinations of domain there were out there and then paid for the usage of these domains then no one would have a problem with what they are doing - point was, they just woke up one day and decided "hey, we have a cool business idea - it will make us money, and no one else can compete in this space ! we are onto a winner here !" and then went and put this thought into action with no warning or consultation with anyone else that partakes in this wee community we call the Interweb. If nothing is done then I guess the next best thing is to invest in Verisign stock as they have pretty much cornered the market. -- Steve.