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Salon interviews John Gilmore
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Why.
Everybody talks of new names as if they are difficult or even expensive to create. For purposes of this discussion, what is the minimum equipment and program and connectivity set to create a TLD?
Assume in your answer that ICANN does not specificlly "regulate to death" the creation.
Does a computer give a crap if the name is spelled one way or another? Computers don;t speak english -- and I would imagine a set of .XYZ domains in a spreadsheet look to a computer very much like three variables to track.
So, my question is, what EXACTLY does creation of and continuing a gTLD require? What labor is involved? What physical capital? What maintenence or replacement issues? How would ongoing costs change for 1 name in the database? for 1000? for 100000 names?
While some people in the debate may have this data at their fingertips many more only accept that it is so -- and use one or another opinion to spread FUD about new gTLD names.
Thank you.
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