This report is a good thing. It calls for use of
auctions to assign new TLDs. As I wrote in an
article for ICANNWatch, http://www.icannwatch.org/article.pl?sid=04/07/13/1732221&mode=thread 
it gently pressures ICANN
to adopt more rational, fair, and non-discretionary
methods of awarding and selecting new TLDs. 

Shorter term, it could have a big impact on how they handle .net reassignment. 

>>> Chun Eung Hwi <[log in to unmask]> 07/14/04 08:28 AM >>>
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 09:27:17 +0200
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Subject: [council] OECD report on competition in the gTLD market

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For those interested, the OECD report on competition in the gTLD market
is declassified and available at:
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/56/34/32996948.pdf


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