<html><html> Larry <br> <br> Where is your sense of responsibility. You make some of the most sweeping statements that are close to the line of being false and misleading . For example: <br> <br> 1. "...Not sure they are sanctified - you may have to get clarification from the church for that statement....." <br> "..... Australian businesses are missing out on a global bonanza by not adopting the global standard of .com for companies trading internationally. ....."<br> <br> In both your statements you are completely undermining the .au space. You are intent on diminishing its value. You are undervaluing the development of the Australian Internet presence. And you certainly sound unpatriotic about the efforts of Australian Organisations and the Australian government in wanting to develop the .au space. I guess if you have only been in this country for 10 minuets we cannot expect any better. <br> I trust you are NOT telling decent Australian businesses any of the above.<br> <br> 3. "..... Internationally, consumers do not on the whole buy from websites with country code endings unless it is their country)....."<br> .......Ask yourself this question: how many times have YOU bought from a website that has a country code other than .au?...<br> <br> You again show a propensity to shape the facts to suit your purpose. The .com space is by and large a US space. Australia as a nation is yet to catch up to the US with respect to doing business on line but it is catching up. <br> People buy from one another not because they have a .com domain name. They buy because the other party has a product or service that they want and at the right price. The US players are 12 to 18 months ahead of the game with respect to selling products via the net and this is the only reason why they are snaring a large part of the ecommerce business in the first instance. <br> We know of 100^�s of small to medium Australian businesses with a com.au name that have done very well on the net where 60% or more of their business has come from outside of Australia. NONE of the com.au business that are trading on the net have been hampered because they have a .au rather than a .com name. <br> Your European experience has certainly meant that you have yet to discover the Asian markets of which Australia is seen as a vital player and where the .au does have some meaning and relevance.<br> <br> If this is an example of your sales pitch to Australian consumers then you are contributing to the confusion and truly misleading them.<br> <br> I believe that the bulk of the Australian Internet community, Australian Businesses and the various Australian government agencies want to develop the .au space and see that as a good thing for Australia. I trust that you will also become committed to this vision.<br> <br> Clive Flory<br> Internet Names Australia<br> <br> <br> At 05:26 PM 6/18/98 +1000, you wrote:<br> >At 12:22 18/06/98 +1000, you wrote:<br> >>Stephen Baxter wrote:<br> >>To conclude:<br> >><br> >>com.au<br> >><br> >>Domains in com.au WILL be redelegated to<br> >>any host required and remain the legal<br> >>property of the domain holder.<br> >><br> >><br> >><br> >>At the risk of repeating the bleedin' obvious:<br> >><br> >>(*) au.com, aus.com and aust.com could lapse anytime<br> >> due to nonpayment; all their 3LD's lose in that case<br> ><br> >Get a grip, man. You are talking about non-payment of US$35 on a service<br> >that is currently worth about $100K per annum. Does anyone really believe<br> >we are so incompetant that we can't even manage to pay US$35 to Internic<br> >which is in fact part of our core business?<br> ><br> >><br> >>(*) and administrator of au.com, aus.com and aust.com can<br> >> easily withdraw a 3LD, or refuse one based on personal<br> >> or political grounds and the applicant has no recourse;<br> >> this is NOT the case with *.au domains<br> ><br> >As administrator of .au.com, why would we do this other than if they<br> >contravened our Terms and Conditions (eg: trademark infringement)<br> >><br> >>(*) *.au domains will go on forever ... they are THE sanctified<br> >> TLD's in Australia<br> ><br> >Not sure they are sanctified - you may have to get clarification from the<br> >church for that statement.<br> ><br> >And actually I would refute that last statement in its intent. Australian<br> >businesses are missing out on a global bonanza by not adopting the global<br> >standard of .com for companies trading internationally. <br> ><br> >Having spent 4 years in the European domain registration industry I can<br> >assure you that almost half of all European registrations are in .com,<br> >unlike Australia which is probably closer to 20%. Internationally,<br> >consumers do not on the whole buy from websites with country code endings<br> >(unless it is their country).<br> ><br> >Ask yourself this question: how many times have YOU bought from a website<br> >that has a country code other than .au?<br> ><br> >><br> >><br> >>==================================================================<br> >> _/ Richard Welykochy <a href="mailto:rick§dot.net.au" eudora="autourl">mailto:rick§dot.net.au</a><br> >>==================================================================<br> >> <br> >_____________________________________________<br> ><br> >Larry Bloch <br> >Chief Executive Officer <br> >NetRegistry Pty Limited <br> >email: larry§netregistry.au.com<br> >Office: +61-(0)2-9555 6299<br> >Fax: +61-(0)2-9555 5808<br> ><br> ><a href="http://www.netregistry.au.com/" eudora="autourl">http://www.netregistry.au.com</a><br> >Domain House, PO Box 2088, Sydney, NSW 1043<br> >_____________________________________________<br> > </html> </html>Received on Fri Jun 19 1998 - 09:54:48 UTC
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