[moe]

The best idea that I've heard so far was to just abandon the TLDs altogether. "http://google, "http://news.ycombinator.

For a smooth transition all .com owners could be handed their current name in TLD-form (except for those who own com.com and such, naturally).

Obviously that's never gonna happen. Not for technical reasons but because ICANN will not let anyone revoke their license to print money.

[drdaeman]

So, how do you plan to resolve conflict between http://ripe.com/ and http://ripe.net/?

[moe]

Well, the old TLDs would have to stay operational, at least during a transition phase, perhaps infinitely. However, ripe.com gets the 'ripe'-TLD. And ripe.net gets to keep what they have.

[drdaeman]

whitehouse.com owners would be happy with your proporsal.

[LurkingGrue]

That sounds... messy.