Will .Net ever challenge .Com???

[staffjam]

Hi,

I was wondering how people see the future for .net domains.
I've read a few articles where industry boffs believe they can actually challenge .com in a few years (i'm looking for them & bwill post the links when i find them)
What are your opinions on this?

 

[Pred]

sorry to lol, but must admit im biased but hate nets. theres no point to them.

a big NO

 

[npcomplete]

I am a real skeptic on this. I like the .net tld and own several, and just sold one for $35,000, but I am still a skeptic on the future challenge to .com.

One of the reasons I say this is that ICANN is constantly (for better or worse) releasing new tld's. The new tld's will primarily compete with the other non-com extensions. This means market dilution, and dilution is *almost* always associated with depreciation. I do NOT think we will see depreciation, but the market dilution will probably slow the rate of appreciation.

Compare to market dilution in stocks and you get the picture.

Marc

 

[snoop]

It isn't likely to challenge now after 20 years of mediocrity.

 

[sashas]

in one word: No

 

[abcproductions]

never

 

[acronym007]

NEVER

It cannot.

.com is a legend.

 

[josh007]

no thank you

 

[Dotmainer]

will pepsi challenge coca cola ?
will linux challenge windows ?
will amd challenge intel ?

there is allways the first and the second place, and we should be happy about that

 

[dontknow]

If you turn net around,
you get ten. So, all signs
point to it becoming the
king in 10 years!
...or at least
it will be in
the top ten.

 

[dmblea]

Com Is King :imho:

 

[notlikeyou]

nope, never, no way, not gonna happen, oh yeah & no

 

[snoop]

will pepsi challenge coca cola ?
will linux challenge windows ?
will amd challenge intel ?

there is allways the first and the second place, and we should be happy about that

will the commodore 64 challenge the pc?
will betamax challenge vhs?

 

[bradskid]

will the commodore 64 challenge the pc?
will betamax challenge vhs?

Actually, in a few years time betamax will be more popular than VHS. Most public affairs jobs use betamax for filming and editing. VHS is dying quickly but for video professions a lot of people still use betamax. :]

 

[Spade]

Although I hate to echo the sentiment - the answer is a resounding - No. The problem is simple - .com has been widely accepted as the extension of the internet. .net is kind of like the ugly sister.

Justin

 

[sashas]

will pepsi challenge coca cola ?
will linux challenge windows ?
will amd challenge intel ?

there is allways the first and the second place, and we should be happy about that

actually pepsi is kicking coke's ass in many markets...in India, for instance, pepsi has a slightly higher market share than coke...

and AMD has been eating into Intel's market share for quite some time now...maybe not now, but 15 years later, we might see an equal competition between the two

 

[acronym007]

NEVER

It's not about competition folks. It's about acceptance. No company is backing .net, every company uses .com. It's a simple formula. It's a not a pepsi vs coke thing. These are not two companies fighting. It's all about what has already been ingrained into the minds of the people, media, business, etc... That is not going to change. .Com will not be challenged for a very long time if at all ever and most certainly not by .net.

History. .Net was never designed to compete with .com. .Net is the infrastructure domain by design, it's not "intended" to be the next .com. Neither is .org for that matter. They were designed to represent a segment of the internet. .Com took off and never looked back.

 

[owntype]

No.com

 

[skylineleong]

Just .COM

 

[htmlindex]

.net will never challenge the .com, .com will always be king