Google on dotless domains [was Re: IAB Statement on Dotless Domains]

Google is pushing for dotless-dot-search, so you can guarantee it will 
work in chromium (with or without ICANN's blessing).


Here is what a Google employee actually said about Google and dotless
domains at last week's ICANN public forum in Durban:

JORDYN BUCHANAN: HELLO. I'M JORDYN BUCHANAN WITH GOOGLE. I'D LIKE TO
MAKE SOME OF THE SSR CONVERSATIONS WE'VE HAD TODAY A LITTLE MORE
CONCRETE AT LEAST WITH A COUPLE EXAMPLES THAT WE'RE HAPPY TO
DISCUSS AS AN APPLICANT FOR NEW gTLDs.  FIRST, I'D LIKE TO VERY
BRIEFLY ADDRESS DOTLESS TLDS. AS PEOPLE MAY KNOW, WE HAVE SUBMITTED
A APPLICATION AMENDMENT FOR OUR DOT SEARCH TLD THAT DOES INCLUDE A
REGISTRY SERVICE THAT INCLUDES DOTLESS AND A DOTLESS ELEMENT.  WE
FULLY EXPECT -- AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GUIDEBOOK PROVIDES THAT
IF AN APPLICANT PROPOSES TO OPERATE A DOTLESS SERVICE, THAT THERE
WILL BE ADDITIONAL SCRUTINY AND THAT ICANN WILL REVIEW THAT PROCESS
AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MITIGATED. WE
APPRECIATE THAT THERE ARE POTENTIAL SSR CONCERNS AND WE ARE
DELIGHTED THAT ICANN WILL FULLY REVIEW THAT BEFORE DECIDING WHETHER
OR NOT TO ALLOW THAT SERVICE TO BE OPERATED. WE DO NOT INTEND TO
BYPASS THE PROCESS OR OTHERWISE HAVE OUR AMENDMENT APPROVED PRIOR
TO THE FULL EVALUATION OF THE PROPOSED SERVICE.  SECOND, I'D LIKE
TO POINT OUT WE ARE -- WE'RE THE APPLICANT FOR DOT ADS. IT HAS A
LOW PRIORITY NUMBER, 392.  IT'S UNCONTENDED. THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS. I EXPECT THAT UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WE MIGHT BE
ABLE TO START TO OPERATE IT IN THE RELATIVELY NEAR FUTURE, BUT IT'S
NOT QUITE NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. BECAUSE IT ALSO APPEARS ON THE TOP
HANDFUL OF POTENTIAL NAME COLLISIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE INTERAISLE
REPORT OR AT LEAST THE PREVIEW OF IT THAT WE'VE SEEN. TO THAT
EXTENT I'M HERE TO COMMIT TODAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO OPERATE DOT ADS
PRIOR TO A FULL EVALUATION OF ANY POTENTIAL SECURITY
INTERACTIONSMENT WE'D LOVE TO TALK TO AMY AND OTHERS IN THE
COMMUNITY THAT MAY HAVE ISSUES AND WE'LL START TO WORK ON
MITIGATION NOW. WE HAVE A CONCRETE EXAMPLE, LET'S START TO WORK ON
THE PROCESS AND MAKE SURE THAT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE POINT THAT
WE'RE READY TO START TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE OTHER TLDS THAT
OTHER PEOPLE OPERATE OR ARE CON TENTDED WE WORK THROUGH THIS
ISSUE. WE WON'T DELEGATE IT UNTIL IT'S SOLVED.


[ APPLAUSE. ]

CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, JORDYN. ANYONE WISH TO COMMENT ON
JORDYN'S -- FADI.

FADI CHEHADE: YEAH, JORDYN, JUST TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE
RESPONSIBLE APPROACH YOU'RE TAKING AND GOOGLE IS TAKING HERE. IT'S
APPRECIATED. AND I THINK EVEN AMY AND OTHERS WOULD APPRECIATE THE
WAY WE ARE DEALING WITH THESE POTENTIAL ISSUES. SO REALLY, THAT'S
THE WAY I HOPE ALL OF US WILL COOPERATE TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AS A
COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

CHERINE CHALABY: THANK YOU, FADI. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.