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</head><body><p><br></p><br><blockquote type="cite">Il 16 gennaio 2018 alle 16.23 Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> ha scritto: <br> <br><br class="ox-109ccbd141-moz-cite-prefix"><p><span style="font-family: Candara;">I note:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Candara;"><img src="cid:part2.BF8D6EA9.5C6DB6EF@ix.netcom.com" id="part2.BF8D6EA9.5C6DB6EF@ix.netcom.com" alt=""><br> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: Candara;">This is something I did expect from the day I first saw that application. The TLD is so long and cumbersome that I've always wondered about the motivation to register it for any other purpose than effectively a stand-lone domain....</span></p></blockquote><p>Basically I agree, but I also note that "long and cumbersome" is a subjective, cultural evaluation, and for German speakers those words are not as long or cumbersome as they are for everyone else. The real "cumbersome element" in these and many new TLDs, IMHO, is the idea of using full natural language words rather than codes and abbreviations; this is something that takes a while to get used to, and before you do you will instinctively perceive these TLDs as "weird".<br></p><p>Ciao<br></p><div class="io-ox-signature"><p>--<br><br><strong>Vittorio Bertola</strong><br>Head of Policy & Innovation<br></p><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="mce-item-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" width="120">Cell:</td><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">+39 348 7015022</td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" width="120">Skype:</td><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">in-skype-ox@bertola.eu<br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" width="100">Email:</td><td style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><a href="mailto:vittorio.bertola@open-xchange.com">vittorio.bertola@open-xchange.com</a><br></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="border-collapse: collapse;" class="mce-item-table" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/openexchange">@openexchange</a> - Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/OpenXchange">OpenXchange</a> - Web: <a href="http://www.open-xchange.com"> www.open-xchange.com</a><br></td></tr><tr><td style="padding: 2px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000; border-right: 1px solid #000; border-top: 1px solid #000;" align="center" width="200"><img src="cid:5be0f06900124bc5ac3f7591a0d1911f" id="5be0f06900124bc5ac3f7591a0d1911f"></td><td style="padding: 2px; border-bottom: 1px solid #000; border-top: 1px solid #000; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;">Open-Xchange AG, Rollnerstr. 14, 90408 Nuremberg, District Court Nuremberg HRB 24738<br>Managing Board: Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Carsten Dirks, Michael Knapstein <br>Chairman of the Board: Richard Seibt<br><br>European Office: <br>Open-Xchange GmbH, Olper Huette 5f, D-57462 Olpe, Germany, District Court Siegen, HRB 8718 <br>Managing Director: Frank Hoberg<br><br>US Office: <br>Open-Xchange. Inc., 530 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301, USA <br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;"><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="padding: 2px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #ccc;">Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments from your system.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></body></html>