Dave Rosenthal

Just go right ahead because the only thing you're doing is making sure that I and my, and people like me are going to have, are going to have jobs. So that pendulum will swing.

Just go right ahead because the only thing you're doing is making sure that I and my, and people like me are going to have, are going to have jobs. So that pendulum will swing.

Who would have thought that your tech startup with a .io domain name as its identity would now be impacted by a 99-year lease coming up?

Who would have thought that your tech startup with a .io domain name as its identity would now be impacted by a 99-year lease coming up?

So the .io domain is... Right. It's technically going to be within the, if you want to call it, the jurisdiction of basically the Mauritius, right? Now, I would imagine that if they decided to get into the TLD business, right, they could become the administrators, right, for such a thing. More than likely, I think they will probably...

So the .io domain is... Right. It's technically going to be within the, if you want to call it, the jurisdiction of basically the Mauritius, right? Now, I would imagine that if they decided to get into the TLD business, right, they could become the administrators, right, for such a thing. More than likely, I think they will probably...

outsource the thing and right yeah bring it to one of those registrars right who would be more than happy to take that over and manage it and you know having the cost because that's going to be business for them and people register that io domains us developers and startups love the io domain so that's good business right there so and then yeah they can just have a partnership with some sort of registrar and and sort of outsource the whole thing or get into the business themselves but

outsource the thing and right yeah bring it to one of those registrars right who would be more than happy to take that over and manage it and you know having the cost because that's going to be business for them and people register that io domains us developers and startups love the io domain so that's good business right there so and then yeah they can just have a partnership with some sort of registrar and and sort of outsource the whole thing or get into the business themselves but

It's too much of an opportunity. There's too much money there to just let that go away. I don't think it's going to go away. And there's precedence for this, right? There's the .su for the Soviet Union, right? Which is still around. The .yu for Yugoslavia, right? These things are still around, right? So there's precedent for this. I don't think it's going to go away, honestly. .es, España.

It's too much of an opportunity. There's too much money there to just let that go away. I don't think it's going to go away. And there's precedence for this, right? There's the .su for the Soviet Union, right? Which is still around. The .yu for Yugoslavia, right? These things are still around, right? So there's precedent for this. I don't think it's going to go away, honestly. .es, España.

Is that at risk? I think that's still around.

Is that at risk? I think that's still around.

Yeah, yeah. And the British legacy, I guess, gets smaller a little bit.

Yeah, yeah. And the British legacy, I guess, gets smaller a little bit.

Gets smaller and smaller.

Gets smaller and smaller.

The British Indian Ocean. I know, right? But hey.

The British Indian Ocean. I know, right? But hey.

It is what it is.

It is what it is.