RE: [ga] The End of Domain Tasting and its Consequences

[JFC Morfin <jefsey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 01:45 25/08/2006, sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Michael D. Palage wrote:
>
> > I am not asking you to trust either my or Vint's judgment/opinion.
> > Instead I would ask you to place your trust on two mechanisms. First is
> > in the market to resolve pricing fluctuations /variations over the long
> > term. Many people have talked about what if VeriSign was to charge
> > Google 1 million dollars for google.com. Assuming that VeriSign somehow
> > put forth a registry service pricing model that passed both ICANN and
> > government approval, here is likely what would happen in my humble
> > opinion. Google would pay the money, and would simultaneously submit an
> > application for a new .GOOGLE or .G TLD to ICANN. Then guess how much
> > money VeriSign makes in year two of the million dollar pricing model?

I am afraid this is not the way Google would proceed. They would hire 
a few key people from Verisign and tell them to buy Verisign. The 
next year they would introduce a transparent rate related to the 
number of querries to Verisign nameserves with a free bundle service 
including domain name + google ads + an e-gloo private server under 
WIndows. A few months later on they will introduce a "gloobal pay" 
service verified through their DNS. Then a gmail for all no spam 
service (if you spam you lose your gmailbox).

> Michael, that may be just fine for Google, but what about the rest 
> of the registrant universe?

We would all be de facto switched from AmerICANN's doodlenet to Big 
Brother Google's booblenet (they claim booble.com since 1/28/04). 
Imitating a famous French verse: "... and booblenet will live the 
time that bubbles live"... and we will all then be in googly gloomy mood.
jfc