Re: .bv ccTLD

[Jaap Akkerhuis <jaap () NLnetLabs nl>]

 "John Levine" writes:

> It appears that Jay R. Ashworth <jra () baylink com> said:
> > Well, sure, but with the copper deposit measured in double-digit billions, 
> > it seems sane to assume they've got a plan there...
>
> It's been 30 years.  We can hope but I wouldn't hold my breath.
>
> > Though given .TV's benefits to Tuvalu, and the number of Scandahoovian 
>
> You misspelled Dutch.
>
> > businesses that are BVs...
>
> Quite a while ago I met a guy at an ICANN meeting who'd made a deal with
> American Samoa to sell .AS domains since AS is the corporate abbreviation in
> several European countries.  It went nowhere, the Samoans took it back.

Similar ideas where held for MD and TM but didn'y seem to work
out. Furthermore, an indepent Bougainville mighs change the name
to something else (as Zimbabwe did).

        jaap