On 22 September 2015 at 12:09, Christian de Larrinaga <cdel@firsthand.net> wrote:
A *full* evaluation could be a long ... hiatus :-)
What's wrong with that?
That horse bolted and
took the stable (ICANN) with it. I doubt it can be put back in its box.
Why not?
Until a new round is approved ... a new round is not yet approved :-)
I am not sure what is irreversible in this regard. There is no obligation for ICANN to accept new applications if it deems that the current expansion did not deliver what was promised and that further expansion must be examined before commencing.
We know, at very least, that the monetary promises of the expansion have materialized but a small fraction of what was originally predicted. So even based on that a stop to reflect is warranted.
There are other issues such as public confusion, spikes in phishing using new domains, the performance of PICs and the lack of " universal acceptance" that collectively make this a stability matter as well.