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, === Carlos A. Afonso diretor de planejamento e estratégia Rede de Informações para o Terceiro Setor - Rits Rua Guilhermina Guinle 272 - sexto andar 22270-060 Rio de Janeiro Brasil telefone +55-21-2527-5494 telefax +55-21-2527-5460 [log in to unmask] http://www.rits.org.br