> Grande Jorge, be careful with logic... it may work in computer programming, not always in the real world. The point is to preserve the names from commercial use (or misuse) for a number of different reasons, not to compete for the names.

Why ? What reasons ?

Once again, the issue at stake is not the names but the process and criteria that will be used for the evaluation and how without much solid argument the GAC pretends to regulate and direct the outcome. Some names, like .patagonia, are just particular examples where organizations, the government and even the independent objector presented their objection, then the GAC advice has not much weight and they can't pretend now to change the rules of the game at this stage.

Regarding the new gTLD program, my personal opinion from day one has always been that it is a total disparate, it does not introduce more competition, it does not drive innovation in the right direction, it will not make even a small dent in the monopoly enjoyed by VeriSign and has over the years created this big circus with a huge waste of resources that will not provide much benefit to the end user.

BTW the Internet IS the byproduct of computer programming, and without logic instead of exchanging these messages we'd be using smoke signals.

Regards
Jorge