[NCSG-Discuss] Google likely opening key New gTLD strings

[Kathy Kleiman]

No, they've got both Open and Closed gTLD applications- unlike Amazon, 
Symantec, L'Oreal, etc who submitted all Closed.

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> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Kathy Kleiman <kathy at kathykleiman.com> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> For those following the issue (all of us?), here's the latest in the Closed
>> Generic battles: Google likely will open key strings.  Hooray!
>
> so, they will open 4 out of 100?
>
> I understand this is seen as a climb-down by Google, but does it also
> mean the other 96 or 97 will be closed?
>
> I had thought they could have made a very strong public interest
> argument for closing .blog at least, in that they would be giving
> domains away for free.
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