At 08:19 AM 5/3/2002 -0400, Jack Broughton wrote:
>I would say that a domain name to which one attaches a significant
>Internet identity (and possibly investment) to is far more than an
>"arbitrary string of characters" to them. The fact that "coke.com"
>isn't worth more than $35 US (Verisign's Fee) to a cattle farmer (or
>perhaps you) doesn't mean that's all it is worth.
OK, but that domain has value because business value has been developed for
it. There are virtually no domains on the net that have developed
intrinsic value as a result of being on the net, and the likelihood that
his user has one is incredibly slim.
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