Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[Benson Schliesser <bensons () queuefull net>]

On Jun 17, 2011, at 4:21 PM, David Conrad wrote:

> On Jun 17, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Jay Ashworth wrote:
> > Aw, Jeezus.
> >
> > No.  Just, no.
> >
> > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/06/17/202245/
>
> You just learned about this now?

On a related topic, the US DoJ recently wrote a letter suggesting that DNS registry/registrar vertical integration 
might not be a good idea (from an anti-trust perspective).

http://www.icann.org/en/correspondence/strickling-to-dengate-thrush-16jun11-en.pdf

Cheers,
-Benson