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zfreud
18th March 2006, 12:01 PM
In Cirlcle ID

http://www.circleid.com/posts/answers_from_vint_cerf_on_top_level_domains/#1982


This answer:

Q5: Since ICANN is supposed to foster competition, how does restricting the number of TLDs help do that?—by Chris McElroy

Vint Cerf: It depends on what you interpret useful competition to be. There are costs associated with the implementation of new TLDs and these costs are manifest in various ways (ICANN cost of operation, potential costs to trademark holders, impact on the root operation, costs to the supporting organizations considering new TLDs and so on). The idea that increasing the number of TLDs is absolutely beneficial seems to me open to some debate (see also responses to earlier questions).


Shows one reason why DNAME is a front runner in the DNAME vs. New Name Space debate.