Dear McTim

Plus one

Warigia

On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, McTim <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 6, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Evan Leibovitch <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > On 6 July 2012 09:46, Adam Peake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> Why so few applications from developing countries?  Possibly lack of
> >> outreach, lack of general awareness of the new gTLD program in
> developing
> >> countries. Lack of awareness of the domain name market (but there are
> quite
> >> a few domain name resellers)  If people didn't know about the program,
> then
> >> they couldn't have ideas.  Plenty of innovation in developing markets.
> And
> >> VC funds. Why do few applications is something a few people think needs
> >> studying.
> >
> >
> > It continues to surprise that people inside the ICANN bubble are either
> > missing, or deliberately avoiding, one of the obvious possibilities --
> that
> > there is simply no demand. Certainly, ccTLDs in developing countries --
> in
> > fact, also in most of the developed ones -- are far from capacity. How
> many
> > domains does an Internet content provider need?
> >
> > Not everyone sees private ownership of common words as "innovation". And
> > perhaps in the developing world, starting businesses whose core revenue
> > models are dependent upon fear and speculation is considered an
> unaffordable
> > luxury.
> >
> > This may not be the only reason -- the outreach program was certainly
> > pathetic, though it attracted not one but two applications for .africa --
>
> one actually
>
> and one for .DotAfrica.
>
> a clever way to avoid name collision.
>
> In general, I agree with you and Milton, tho would have been happy if
> more/better outreach had been done.
> There is always room for capacity building on these issues in the
> developing world.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>



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