<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear friends,</div><div><br></div><div>Remarkable interview of Vint Cerf to a Belgian journalist :</div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div><div>Tijdens een gesprek met Data News vertelde Cerf, die jarenlang
voorzitter geweest is van de Icann-board, enkele opmerkelijke dingen
over de nieuwe top level domeinen. Ik ben nooit een voorstander geweest
van het opengooien van de domeinnaamruimte, klonk het. Eιn
uitzondering misschien: het is geweldig dat tlds in andere dan de
Latijnse tekens mogelijk zijn. Daarover heb ik ook nooit iemand horen
klagen (lacht).</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Translated into English :</div><div><br></div><div><span class="hps">"I've never</span> <span class="hps">been in favor of</span> <span class="hps">throwing open</span> <span class="hps">the domain name space</span><span>," Cerf said</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">"One</span> <span class="hps">possible exception</span><span>:</span> <span class="hps">it is great that</span> <span class="hps">tld's</span> <span class="hps">in other</span> <span class="hps">than Latin</span> <span class="hps">characters</span> <span class="hps">are possible.</span> <span class="hps">About</span> t<span class="hps">hat</span> <span class="hps">I never</span> <span class="hps">heard anyone</span> <span class="hps">complain</span> <span class="hps">(laughs</span><span class="atn">). "</span></div><div><span class="atn"><br></span></div><div><span class="atn"><p><blockquote type="cite">Maar om nu ook merken en honderden nieuwe generieke namen toe te
voegen? Ik zie daar het nut niet van in. Heel wat bedrijven vrezen dat
ze straks honderden nieuwe internetextensies moeten volgen om er zeker
van te zijn dat hun merknamen nergens misbruikt worden. Ze hebben een
punt.</blockquote></p><div><span class="hps">"But</span> <span class="hps">hundreds of new</span> <span class="hps">brands and</span> <span class="hps">generic names</span> <span class="hps">to add now ?</span> <span class="hps">I see</span> <span class="hps">no benefit</span> <span class="hps">in that.</span> <span class="hps">Many companies</span> <span class="hps">fear that they</span> <span class="hps">will soon</span> must follow <span class="hps">hundreds of new</span> <span class="hps">Internet extensions</span> <span class="hps">to</span> <span class="hps">ensure</span> <span class="hps">that their</span> <span class="hps">names</span> <span class="hps">never</span> <span class="hps">be abused.</span> <span class="hps">They have a</span> <span class="hps">point.</span><span class="hps atn">"</span></div><div><br></div><p><blockquote type="cite">In sommige gevallen is er zelfs meer aan de hand. Merken zijn alles
behalve uniek: heel wat namen duiken meerdere keren op, in andere
sectoren, of in andere landen. In zekere zin is er dus een onevenwicht
tussen domeinnamen en merken. Toen we met het design van het
domeinnaamsysteem bezig waren, is daar geen rekening mee gehouden.
Uiteindelijk zochten we gewoon naar een manier om bestemmingen op het
internet te labelen.</blockquote></p><div><span class="hps">"In some cases</span> <span class="hps">there is even</span> <span class="hps">more going on</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Brands</span> <span class="hps">are anything but</span> <span class="hps">unique:</span> <span class="hps">many names</span> <span class="hps">several times</span> pop up <span class="hps">in</span> <span class="hps">other sectors</span> <span class="hps">or other countries</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">In a sense</span> <span class="hps">there is</span> <span class="hps">an imbalance</span> <span class="hps">between domain names</span> <span class="hps">and trademarks.</span> <span class="hps">When we started</span> <span class="hps">the design of</span> <span class="hps">the domain name system</span> <span class="hps">were working</span><span>, there is</span> <span class="hps">not taken into account</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Eventually</span> <span class="hps">we just</span> <span class="hps">looked</span> <span class="hps">for a way to</span> <span class="hps">destinations on the</span> <span class="hps">internet</span> <span class="hps">to label.</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span></div><p><blockquote type="cite">Ik denk dat het vooral zoekmotoren zoals Google zullen zijn die
profiteren. Je zal immers niet zomaar kunnen raden onder welk top level
domein je iets moet gaan zoeken. Internetgebruikers zullen dus vaker dan
voordien de naam van een bedrijf intikken in Google om te zien wat het
resultaat is.</blockquote></p></span></div><div><span class="atn"><span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"> <span class="hps">"I</span> <span class="hps">believe the main</span> <span class="hps">search engines like</span> <span class="hps">Google</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">have</span> <span class="hps">that benefit</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">You</span> <span class="hps">will</span> <span class="hps">after all</span> <span class="hps">not just</span> <span class="hps">to guess</span> <span class="hps">under which</span> <span class="hps">top</span> <span class="hps">level domain</span> <span class="hps">you something</span> <span class="hps">to start searching</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">Internet users will</span> <span class="hps">more often</span> <span class="hps">than before</span> <span class="hps">the name of</span> <span class="hps">a company</span> <span class="hps">typing</span> <span class="hps">into Google</span> <span class="hps">to see what</span> <span class="hps">the result</span><span class="">.</span> <span class="hps atn">"</span></span></span></div><div><br></div><div><span class="atn"><br></span></div><div>Full article is available in Dutch at <a href="http://is.gd/64d788">http://is.gd/64d788</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div>
<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Rudi Vansnick</div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Courier" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo"><b> Internet Society Belgium </b></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">President - CEO Tel +32/(0)9/329.39.16<br><a href="mailto:rudi.vansnick@isoc.be">rudi.vansnick@isoc.be</a> </font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">Mobile +32/(0)475/28.16.32</font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">Dendermondesteenweg 143 B-9070 Destelbergen BELGIUM</font></span></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://www.internetsociety.be"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo">www.internetsociety.be</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo"> "The Internet is for everyone"</font></span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Menlo"></font></span></font></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></div></div></div>
</div>
<br></body></html>