<div dir="ltr">Interesting conversation.<div>I will revisit.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Washington and all<div><br></div><div>This discourse is very healthy and I’m glad we are having it. In any market where there is a robust Domain Aftermarket the ccTLD invariably does well. Let’s support a KeNIC in this endeavor. </div><div><br></div><div>By the way, DRAKE (Domain Registrars Association of Kenya) is very silent in this conversation. Do they have a position on this? I believe they are a key stakeholder.<br><br><div id="m_6817190147805280398AppleMailSignature"><span class=""><div><span><b>Ali Hussein</b></span></div><div><span><b>Principal</b></span></div><div><b style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Hussein & Associates</b></div></span><span class=""><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><a href="tel:0713%20601113" value="+254713601113" target="_blank">+254 0713 601113</a> </div><div style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:medium"><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Twitter: @AliHKassim</span></p><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><font></font></span><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Skype: abu-jomo</span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">LinkedIn: <a href="http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim" target="_blank">http://ke.linkedin.<wbr>com/in/alihkassim</a></span></p><font><br></font></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle</span></div><div><br></div><div><span><br></span></div>Sent from my iPad</span></div><div><div class="h5"><div><br>On 29 Dec 2017, at 2:54 PM, Odhiambo Washington via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 December 2017 at 13:32, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Well put Ali. Registering <a href="http://nike.co.ke" target="_blank">nike.co.ke</a> or <a href="http://Coca-Cola.co.ke" target="_blank">Coca-Cola.co.ke</a> is cyber squatting, and that has been handled well by KENIC's by laws. On the other hand, <a href="http://ni.ke" target="_blank">ni.ke</a> is not cyber squatting.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Brian, Ali, Abdala et-al, DNS speaking, I don't see how we can sell the A record of <a href="http://co.ke" target="_blank">co.ke</a> while the eventual owner will not have control over the globaly known canonical name www. A lot of traffic would be lost between the two different entities. The only solution would be for them to federate among each other. That is an interesting problem.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">@collins, No, KENIC did not sell www. KENIC is not involved in selling domains, (apart from the auction :-) ). Domains are owned on first come basis. If you register <a href="http://areba.co.ke" target="_blank">areba.co.ke</a>, KENIC will not even notice.</div><div dir="auto">^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>:-) They will not even notice the money that comes in? :-) </div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="m_6817190147805280398gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254 7 3200 0004/+254 7 2274 3223<br>"<span style="font-size:12.8px">Oh, the cruft.</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">"</span></div></div></div>
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