[debacle]

While it would be cool to have a .js TLD, that 200k would be better spent developing a system that doesn't revolve around a centralized entity to manage DNS.

[techiferous]

Good point. Or that 200k would be better spent in an X Prize style contest for a better JavaScript web framework.

[kellishaver]

That was my first thought, too - $200k could fund the writing of a lot of really good JavaScript, which would benefit the JS community (and the web at large) a lot more than a vanity TLD.

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Especially since now the root zone file is just gonna grow and grow with new TLDs.