Monday, April 20. 2009
It sometimes seems as though ICANN's plan to open up the Internet's top level to an unlimited number of new suffixes is coming under constant criticism. That's partly because those sending the loudest "don’t do it" messages would have us believe that they speak for an overwhelming majority.
Not so. And it's sometimes useful to redress the balance. Case in point: a couple of recent news stories show that there are also many people in favour of new gTLDs. In the Washington Post, political law attorney Matthew T. Sanderson argues that a .POL domain would help protect politicians from cybersquatters. And computer maker Hewlett-Packard has written to ICANN asking the organisation to change its 3-character-minimum rule and allow it to go for a .HP TLD.
It's nice to hear about people reacting positively to new TLDs and trying to find ways to maximise their potential benefits, rather than just reading about the anti-innovation brigade all the time.
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Suite à la publication de la 2e version du manuel du candidat le 18 février dernier, l'ICANN avait ouvert une de ses traditionnelles périodes d'appel à commentaires avec une date limite indiquée comme étant le 13 avril.C'est plutôt le 14 avril que l'app
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