Apologies in advance for poor formatting and/or other Outlook-isms. From: Ewen McNeill [mailto:ewen(a)naos.co.nz]

In message , Andy Gardner writes:

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How about this:

Once the SRS is running and has passed tests (tests conceived by someone other than a baboon), .nz's SLD is opened up to allcomers?

Each time someone proposes a SLD, someone (often several people) raise the idea of a "free for all" in the SLD space.

What no one has explained to me is: what is so much better about nationalbank.nz than national.bank.nz or for that matter matrix-the-movie.com than matrix.movie (to pick an example I find particularly grating). [clip a fresh dose of sanity]

Hear hear! Finally a sane point of view.

I should, however, note that (a) I think it should be a lot easier to get more SLDs (I do think they should be moderated, but I also think a 3-6 month proposal phase is _way_ too long; 3-6 _weeks_ would be better), and (b) I don't have a major problem with any of the suggestions I've seen on either nznog or isocnz-members, providing it's intended there be a moderately logical hierachy underneath it.

I'd support this, it is too long a process. I don't want to see it totally open slather, but since the whole vote thing can be easily rigged, it's of little value. Council should ask around, and then decide, and not a lot else should need to be done. -- David Zanetti Security Engineer, New Zealand Post Desk: +64-4-496-4005 Mobile: +64-25-832-572 "Hope.. is a dangerous thing" This email with any attachments is confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. If it is not intended for you please reply immediately, destroy it and do not copy, disclose or use it in any way. - To unsubscribe from nznog, send email to majordomo(a)list.waikato.ac.nz where the body of your message reads: unsubscribe nznog