The internet land rush is just about to start…
Posted by: Chris Hails in Cowboy, Land, Oklahoma Add comments
The BBC has a great story today about changing the internet to allow more top level domains, moving on from .com, .net and .org, etc to possibly allow companies an individuals to start all kinds of new domains.
Dr Paul Twomey, chief executive of Icann - the domains ‘regulator’ - gives a great quote:
Like the United States in the 19th Century, we are in the process of opening up new real estate, new land, and people will go out and claim parts of that land and use it for various reasons they have.
One colleague at work asked me how they could grab a share of this new wealth. I guess if the xxx domain finally gets the go-ahead somebody somewhere will be making a lot of money. It’s supposed to have happened for .mobi domains already.
Is the internet really like the wild west? It seems the virtual ‘land’ up for grabs would be the closest opportunity for 21st century citizens to experience the atmosphere of 1880s Oklahoma.
