It seems to be very quiet on this question...... can I make some noise please?<div><br></div><div>I just want to say, "Fair Competition is what matters" - No to politics as much as I like and respect the political dimension but not in ICANN processes. It was decided that Politics and ICANN process should not share the same room - it would not work properly - this was especially when some ccTLDs weer having a rough time with authorities back home. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Some countries decided to have ICT Policies and Strategies approved by their Parliaments - it was not easy to inform about the Public Good part of the policies but Hey! there was again there....</div><div>
<br></div><div>That is how to work with Political Organs and Sovereign Bodies.... not through this endless discussion which emanated from a straight forward question from our Journalist who wished to write a 'Story' </div>
<div><br></div><div>In that case, better to postpone the 'Story' and write about about 'How African Behaved on <.africa> gTLD application' Rebecca - you have a story to write about - I think - because the focus is lost or the request was provocative to get the truth of who we are! We are like hunters..?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Enough for noise from me for me for now</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards</div><div><br></div><div>Yassin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 30 July 2012 10:06, Kivuva <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com" target="_blank">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br><br>.Africa and .dotAfrica, although completely different strings from a technical perspective, are undoubtedly confusingly similar to each other in a legal context. It would be relatively easy to demonstrate this in objection proceedings. <br>
</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Since DCA have Uniforum are all competing for .africa, where does the confusing string come in?</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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