From: James Pearce [james.pearce@zdnet.com.au]
Sent: Friday, 6 September 2002 9:55 AM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au
Subject: Michael Pappas Proposals


I wish to comment on the proposal for the introduction of a .biz.au 
top level domain. 

This domain is unnecessary. The .biz domain was introduced because the 
.com domain, originally intended to be for commercial purposes, was 
available to anyone and was therefore devalued. That is, just because 
an entity has a .com domain does not mean they are a commercial 
enterprise.

In the .au space the situation is different. In order to get a .com.au 
domain the entity has to be a business or company, a commercial entity. 
Therefore, the market served by the .biz domain name is already served 
in Australia by the .com.au domain name. Adding .biz.au will not 
achieve anything. 

I do not believe the Australian domain system should implement domains 
simply because they have been implemented by the global registry.

James Pearce
Editorial Coordinator
ZDNet Australia
(+612) 8514 9932
james.pearce@zdnet.com.au