Compas,

Especially in cases like this, leaving decisions to (or expecting decisions 
from) the "Internet community", even in an ideal situation in which you 
could get fair and effectively representative opinion, leaves out the rest 
of public opinion -- this has a lot of significance in the case of ccTLDs 
in countries of minimal Internet presence.

Is the "Internet community" in the countries really taking responsibility 
for decisions like selling to outsiders their country domain identities, 
for instance? If so (which I do not believe in 99% of the cases of 
converting ccTLDs into speculative merchandise), are these prepared to say 
they are deciding in the name of their countries' public opinion? In my 
country of 170 million people, the "Internet community" is just 8% of the 
population, for example.

Interesting... the cellcos want .mo because of course they do not want 
.mob... which sometimes, as a user of their services, I feel would better 
represent their real line of business.

--c.a.

ps: great to see you in Rome (for the ones who have actually been there :))

At 11:36 12/03/04, you wrote:
>Right, I think .MO is the ccTLD for little Macau,
>former Portugese colony, now part of China, known as
>a gambling escape for Hong Kong people.
>
> >>> Chun Eung Hwi <[log in to unmask]> 03/12/04 12:22AM >>>
>Dear Horacio T. Cadiz,
>
>It depends on local internet community of .MO if your way of thinking is
>to to be applied. 8-)
>
>regards,


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