>> Maybe the Registrars will end up owning all the names that are of any
>> value?
>
> as opposed to the professional monetisers? again what is the problem with
> that?

Hi Vic,

When customers ask me should they have a .com or .com.au (if all other 
things are equal)  I suggest the .com.au

Reasoning: people googling can use the google option to 'search au pages' 
and avoid myriads of lead pages full of ads. I personally have no problem 
with monetizing a domain .. but there needs to be some balance.

I suppose I am a bit of a purist, been doing this longer than most, I 
remember when online was such a nice place!

Cheers Tony