At 12:52 PM 12/5/97 +0930, Stephen Baxter wrote:
>> I'm sorry but I do not see how the issue of generic international top level domain names
>> has any impact on the administrative policies of ISO 3166 national domain spaces -
>> whether its .au or .de.
>
>I think that the wider Internet community in Australia will expect these
>new TLDs (a subset if not all) to be implemented as 2LDs under .au.


???????

Really? Personally I find that a somewhat difficult leap of logic to parse. How do you
arrive at the conclusion that the ISO 3166 spaces should mirror all generic top level
domain names? What particular need would this measure address?


  Geoff



>
>Then I see a real need for ADNA as the applications to become DNAs roll
>in.
>
>> Perhaps you would care to further elaborate on why you percieve such a connection
>> to exist.
>> 
>> thanks,
>> 
>>   Geoff
>> 
>> 
>> At 10:09 PM 11/5/97 +0000, Stewart Carter wrote:
>> >Geoff,
>> >
>> >I don't agree that the ADNA concept is 'broken' simply because there are 
>> >different types of DNA's, only some of which should contribute funds to the 
>> >operations/management of this very necessary supervisory/regulatory body.
>> >
>> >Aside from the question of how to keep Melbourne IT honest, there is the need 
>> >to implement new developments such as your own IAHC's recommendations viz 
>> >.firm,.rec,.store,.web etc.
>> >
>> >BTW, when/where is the next meeting of the Domain Names Forum.
>> >
>> >Stewart Carter
>> >edireport§attmail.com
>> >0411 477 149
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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