ICANN Raffle Sets gTLD Processing Order

judgecorp writes "ICANN has held a raffle to determine in what order it will examine new domain name applications. This doesn't guarantee applicants will win the generic top-level domain (gTLD) they have set their hearts on, as the applications still have to be considered. There may be competition, or objections such as the South American governments' objection to Amazon's .amazon bid. None of the first batch is an English language domain, and the first one likely to make it through all the hurdles is an application by the Vatican, for a domain spelling 'catholic' in Chinese."

stupid

[Anonymous Coward]

this whole gltd idea and process is the stupidest bag of dirt that I've ever seen. who thought it's a good idea to throw out all internet conventions and have people fight over different names?

ICANN is doing this on purpose

[damn_registrars]

They are doing the non-English ones first to draw attention to it - and hopefully increase the perceived value of the English ones.

While their intentions are not good, they aren't stupid, either.