http://www.iab.org/2012/03/27/iab-responds-to-icann-questions-concerning-the-interpretation-of-rules-in-the-icann-gtld-guidebook/
IAB responds to ICANN questions concerning “The Interpretation of
Rules in the ICANN gTLD Guidebook”
"The IAB statement could be interpreted as a recommendation to ICANN to
revise the Applicant Guidebook, or as a warning to be cautious when
evaluating applied-for strings with certain properties."
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http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/ten-million-dns-resolvers-on-the-internet/comment-page-1/#comment-26813
600 Applicants with 50 TLDs at $185,000 each is $5,550,000,000 - that
could pay for a lot of travel and parties