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All the price tag of $X00,000.00 does is rule out the working class.
To the wealthy 'Elite' of this world that's the price of a hotel room for a few nights.
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You're right. And this is another way they'll be looking to turn the web into a morphed version of cable tv, with bud tv and the home shopping network, and ads up the wazoo. This is yet another way to kill innovation and boost the "global economy". One wonders how much backroom dealing went into this decision.
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The reason I said big companies would be forced to purchase the names.
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Which reinforces the idea that this is a HUGE money grab on ICANN's part.
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Another good one. Hotel. (:
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That's Janeth, always playing all the angles . . .
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When the Anglos set out across the world they took their language and their place names with them... London, Picton, Blenheim, Nelson - you'll find a lot of these same-name places spread across the English speaking post-colonial world, from Australia to Zimbabwe.
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Ah yes. Made me remember celebrating Clinton Day when I lived in Clinton NJ USA, a holiday that is celebrated in every town or city named Clinton all over the world. And there are a lot of them. In fact, I believe there is one municipality named Clinton in every one of the lower 48 states.
And yes, it will be interesting to see the arguments that result, but I imagine the largest cities are well financed enough that they'll prevail. Maybe.
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Does anyone think that we should be making things simpler, not more complicated? The man on the street doesnt want to have to remember more than .com (or his standard country equivalent).
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Though I think this is a disaster waiting to happen, I think this issue of "complication" is less of a problem in this manner than you think. Most people google and click. Then, if they like the destination site, they bookmark. If they forgot to bookmark, they simply google again. And postal addresses are much longer than this and few people have a problem using them.