I was able to get weighbridges.com.au a little while ago. Must say I was quite suppried. Glad I just went for it. IMHO dart.com.au is a lot less generic than weighbridges.com.au. Lets go back to IP numbers, then we will have something else to complain about instead <grin>. Rodos At 11:51 AM 29-01-98 +1100, you wrote: >Hang on George > >I don't think that it is too much of an assumption at all. After all, if >'dart' was seen as a generic sporting name, its domain would be >'darts.com.au'. > >'dart' speaks to me of jumping rapidly to and fro - surely not a sport. > >Moreover, if MelbourneIT bend their rules (which we all know they do), they >should be doing so to the advantage of the Internet industry, not >frustrating it. > >All Internet companies essentially have the same goal - to grow the >Internet in Australia - from this each of our niches grows. Frustrating >situations like the one Dart are experiencing are not good for ALL Internet >companies in Australia, because it detracts from the prime goal - to grow >this industry. > >I personally support Dart's position. I think they should have every right >to dart.com.au because it is not the generic name of a sport and therefore >doesn't conflict with their rules. > >I also think that the rules themselves are very wrong. A generic or >desirable name does not give an advantage of itself - its the content and >marketing that exploit a desireable name. > >Location location location. Nobody restricts street locations a business >can have if they are desireable. There may be differential pricing, but the >location is essentially available. > >Over 90% of the Internet does not have these restrictions. Why should com.au? > >I should also mention that I have a vested interest in this issue, as >NetRegistry is soon launching a National Domain Registry under .au.com with >none of the restrictions MelbourneIT impose (apart from FCFS :-). > >Larry Bloch >CEO > > >At 09:04 29/01/98 +1000, you wrote: >> >> As stated above had dart.com.au been accepted that would have been that. As >> I had invested quit a lot of money into the venture prior to getting a >> domain name, ie: company formation etc. I needed to use dart.???.au >> >>Uh, lets re-state this. >> >> You invested your (and possibly other peoples) money in a company >> with an *assumption* you would have a specific dns nameform, and >> had product, literature, advertizing and publically visible activity >> made with that name before you OWNED it? >> >>Gee. I don't think you can blame all of your problems on other people. >> >>Maybe the world needs a DNS FAQ #101 with some suggestions like >> >> Your DNS name may not be what you initially apply for, or expect. >> If you make critical business assumptions about your online presence >> before legal ownership, caveat emptor applies. >> >>DNS in Australia has some problems, but not all problems are the fault of DNS >>management. >> >>-George >>-- >>George Michaelson | DSTC Pty Ltd >>Email: ggm§dstc.edu.au | University of Qld 4072 >>Phone: +61 7 3365 4310 | Australia >> Fax: +61 7 3365 4311 | http://www.dstc.edu.au >> >--- >Larry Bloch email: larry§netregistry.com.au >Chief Executive Officer Office: +61-(0)2-9555 6299 > Fax: +61-(0)2-9555 5808 >NetRegistry Pty Limited > >Domain House, 3 Hosking Street, Balmain, Sydney NSW 2041 > ===================================================== Rodney Haywood Camion Technology Pty. Limited rodos§camion.com.au A.C.N. 078 283 208 http://www.camion.com.au/ Ph : 61-2-9873 5105 * Internet & Microsoft BackOffice consulting * =====================================================Received on Thu Jan 29 1998 - 13:41:58 UTC
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