International Top Level Domains

    The case for more TLDs is largely based on vague and unattributed 
    generalisations of the "there is a perceived need..." and "it is
    considered undesirable..." variety.  More ominously, we are told
    that "market forces dictate...".  If "the market" is to govern the
    Internet, and dictatorship is its avowed form of governance, then
    it is pointless to circulate drafts, let alone comment on them.
Right, and the interesting, though sad, thing is that all
those official "Internet bodies", who are supposed to keep
the Internet *technically* healthy and running, at least
*seem* to be backing this nonsense and thus to be trading
in technical arguments for commercial ones.
The penultimate consequence of market force dictation will
be that all current 1st level domains (or 2nd level where
there are "artificial" 1st level domains) will be replaced
by top level domains. Back to uucp times...


	Piet