So Google essentially paid $200k to get their TLD evaluated, but how come did the evaluators think it was OK to admit TLDs that are essentially an advertisement for the company?
And, if that was allowed in the rules (I guess somewhere in the 300+ page Applicant Guidebook), why didn't most companies apply for one? It's not that much money for a big corp, after all
You're welcome!
I wish I knew the details, but I'm sure they're explicitly laid out somewhere, and I'm sure you can find them just as easily as me.
I'm also sure that the reason "most companies" didn't apply for one is that they didn't meet the technical or operational requirements, whatever they are.
But I don't know, and it might be a conspiracy - I am often naive :-)
The only organization I really trust is EFF (though recently Cory Doctorow has been spewing some radical political views on boingboing). I used to trust the ACLU as well. But I have some trust for ICANN and the root DNS operators.
So Google essentially paid $200k to get their TLD evaluated, but how come did the evaluators think it was OK to admit TLDs that are essentially an advertisement for the company?
And, if that was allowed in the rules (I guess somewhere in the 300+ page Applicant Guidebook), why didn't most companies apply for one? It's not that much money for a big corp, after all