From: Adrian Stephan 
Sent: Monday, 19 February 2001 10:03 PM
To: jo.lim@auda.org.au; 'Derek Whitehead'
Subject: 2nd Report Comment

Dear Folks

It is impossible to comment rationally on something that is so fundamentally biased 
against exisiting small business company names.

I think this comment form the Davos World Economic Forum sums up my views.

The divides are real and with globalisation there is a "structural fault of poverty. 
On the one side the powerful and wealthy, on the other side the
powerless and poor".   South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki said that unless
action is taken to bridge that divide "we must expect the poor, disenfranchised and 
disempowered will at some stage say `No'". The Policy that is hiding behind generic 
words to deny a company that pre-dates the internet in Australia to have its company 
name as a domain name and at the same time now allows product names  so that Kraft 
can now legitimately have vegemite.com.au, is clear proof that auDA and this Panel 
is creating, in the language of S11, a digital technology divide. It seems as if the 
only people who really understand this is S11, the Panel has shown no understanding 
or competence at all in the matter. 

Regards Adrian ===========================================
Adrian Stephan (Managing Director)
Logistics Pty Ltd