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[Evan Leibovitch]

On 4 July 2012 09:15, Adam Peake <ajp at glocom.ac.jp> wrote:


> Failure of outreach, or just a reflection of economics.


There are more answers/excuses than those two. Many more.

ICANN continues to amaze me, in that so many inside its bubble cannot
comprehend the mere possibility that there may simply be *no demand* for
new TLDs in wide swaths of the world, especially after factoring out
defensive motives. Not just Africa. Not everyone believes that that mere
speculation equates to innovation, or that private ownership/control of
common words is a Good Idea. And no amount of bovine lipstick is going to
hide these core assumptions of the TLD expansion program.

After promoting an idea/product to an audience that doesn't take, saying
that the message was not adequately delivered is a convenient excuse. But
there's also the distinct possibility -- that *must* be at least considered
-- that the message was sufficiently delivered and understood, but the
target market has chosen not to partake based on educated choice.

- Evan
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