Maybe, and the .com space has declined in total size over some quarters
in the last few years but that was primarily due to mass deletions of names
that were given away & never renewed.  The release spoke about registrations
declining, of which there is no evidence that I am aware.

As I said below I don't disagree with the thrust of this release, just the
claim that .au is growing while .com isn't.

jon

>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Sean Finn" <sean&#167;teknol.com.au>
>To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 21:05:59 +1000
>Subject: RE: [DNS] media release
>
>
>could it possible be read that the Percentage of increase is declining?
>
>e.g. 15% growth last year, and 11.5% growth for same period 12 months l8r?
>-Sean.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon&#167;jonlawrence.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 8:44 PM
>To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>Subject: RE: [DNS] media release
>
>
>>the changes in naming policy have
>>led to this growth at a time when, in global domain name spaces such as
>>.com, registrations are declining' said auDA CEO, Chris Disspain
>
>Um, .com is declining?  I think not.
>
>According to Snapnames (www.sotd.info), .com registration numbers have
grown
>as follows:
>30/9/02   21,414,179 names
>31/12/02  22,019,903 names
>31/1/03   22,340,052 names
>28/2/03   22,504,244 names
>31/3/03   22,716,330 names
>
>And latest figures (from Name Intelligence (www.dailychanges.com) who quote
>snapnames as a client and I believe are using the same methodology:
>5/8/03 23,881,849 names
>
>That's an increase of 2,467,670 names over 10 months which is an 11.5%
>increase.
> Note that these are net figures, ie they represent existing names plus
>new names minus deletions.
>
>I don't disagree at all that auDA has achieved a lot, however that claim
>just ain't true.
>
>jon
>
>
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