WPCN zK^ `L~jGVXaj4+1QUOg Pi3@K;+KS9%ZVUfu^D>kn 7c? pˠs/ & bb^YV羌jh 0]DETq:N6+>e3ȿsB;9uRi̫f9\2ײ=fbGBױTנ]L=U"'p >HeI7ͧJ6g?HEh5pu`H¨ZN3ףW_兞㓳Eb3Fses:H&gp?c߸AxFGz t\-_-80zB`]`Z_N_`cf+8"A?K w7SDrYtzK&EǏ_zB-hZg"i8ANb#!rUN % 0\NC^ EwQ4Ui mk #|x HP LaserJet 4 Plus,,,,,,0(9 Z6Times New Roman RegularX(4G$    .A)2)>)71UHmRogLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4Level 5 G!     _    pX From:  Matthew_Zook_Ԁ    Date:  9/30/0010:43AM   Subject:  Re:.WebRegistrationProjections  |(` hp x (#%'0*,.8135@8:<H?ACPFHKXMOR`TVYh[]` Thetimeisnighforaddingnew_TLDs_Ԁtotherootservers.Asofthiswriting,themostpopular_TLD_,.com,hasinexcessof18milliondomainnamesregistered,encompassin%  gmanyoftheeasiesttousedomainnames(e.g.readilyidentifiablewordsorcomposedoflessthanfivecharacters).̀Thepointisfurtherdemonstratedbythefactthatother_TLDs_Ԁsuchas.netand._uk_Ԁareincreasinglypopularchoicesforregistrantsunabletosecurearecognizable.comdomainname.Itismyopinionthattheproposed.webtopleveldomainhasthepotentialtobecomeamajorgeneric_TLD_,onparwithandpossiblyexceedingthepopularityof._org_Ԁand.net.Infact,sincethe.webregistrywillbeopenandnotassociatedwithaparticulartypeofactivity(e.g.non-profitsornetworkproviders),itcouldbecometheprimaryalternative,capableofobtainingamarketshareof_approxiamately_Ԁ15%ofallregistereddomainnames.Thereareacoupleofreasonsformyopinion.First,itstayswiththethreeletterformat_tha_Ԁthe.com_TLD_Ԁhasfirmlyestablishedinmanyconsumers'minds.Althoughthisisnotatechnicalrequirement,Isuspectthatmanypeoplewillbemorecomfortablewithathreeletter_TLD_Ԁthanalongerextension.Furthermore,the.web_TLD_Ԁisaneasily_recognizeable_termthatallusersassociatewiththeInternetandshouldfacerelativelylowbarrierstoacceptance.Whileitisunlikelythatanynew_TLD_Ԁwillbeabletocapturethesamemarketshareas.com,Ithinkthat.webhasthebestshotofbecomingawidelyacceptedgeneric_TLD_,_particuarly_Ԁforpeoplewhohavebeenunabletoregistertheirdomainnameofchoiceinthe.comregistry. X