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 > -- Dr. Warigia Bowman Assistant Professor Clinton School of Public Service University of Arkansas 1200 President Clinton Ave. Little Rock, AR 72201 [log in to unmask] http://democratizingegypt.blogspot.com Warigia Bowman -------------------------------------------------- View my research on my SSRN Author page: http://ssrn.com/author=1479660 --------------------------------------------------