Changes

After 20 years in journalism, Mr Jackson began starting his own businesses, including a series of record stores, an antique shop and various Internet ventures. He started [[domaining]] in 1997 when he bought his first domain name and published his first website; musicparadise.com. Ron Jackson started a publishing company, [[Internet Edge, Inc.]], in 2000.<ref>[http://www.ronjackson.com/ Ron Jackson]</ref> In 2002, he started investing in domain and now owns over 5,000 domain names, with around thousand three lettered [[.us]] domain names.<ref>[http://dnjournal.com/columns/rj_bio.htm Domain Name Journal]</ref> Later, in January 2003, he started publishing [[DNJournal]] when recognized the need for a specialized publication for the quickly growing industry.

After 20 years in journalism, Mr Jackson began starting his own businesses, including a series of record stores, an antique shop and various Internet ventures. He started [[domaining]] in 1997 when he bought his first domain name and published his first website; musicparadise.com. Ron Jackson started a publishing company, [[Internet Edge, Inc.]], in 2000.<ref>[http://www.ronjackson.com/ Ron Jackson]</ref> In 2002, he started investing in domain and now owns over 5,000 domain names, with around thousand three lettered [[.us]] domain names.<ref>[http://dnjournal.com/columns/rj_bio.htm Domain Name Journal]</ref> Later, in January 2003, he started publishing [[DNJournal]] when recognized the need for a specialized publication for the quickly growing industry.

==About ICANN==

==ICANN & Industry Participation==

Ron opposes [[ICANN]]'s decision to start registering new [[TLD]]s. He is of the view that there is no need for new [[TLD]]s at this point when people don't even recognize already available [[TLD]]s. He says it will pressurize businessmen to buy unwanted [[TLD]]s just to protect their name.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110620.htm dnjournal]</ref>

Ron opposes [[ICANN]]'s decision to start registering new [[TLD]]s. He is of the view that there is no need for new [[TLD]]s at this point, especially because many people don't even recognize already available [[TLD]]s. He says it will pressure businesses to buy unwanted [[TLD]]s just to protect their name.<ref>[http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2011/dailyposts/20110620.htm dnjournal]</ref>

 

==External Links==

==External Links==

* [http://www.domainsherpa.com/wp-content/pdf/Ron-Jackson-(DNJournal)-on-DomainSherpa.pdf Interview] with Ron Jackson.

* [http://www.domainsherpa.com/wp-content/pdf/Ron-Jackson-(DNJournal)-on-DomainSherpa.pdf Interview] with Ron Jackson.

* Detailed [http://www.ronjackson.com/bio.htm Biography].

* Detailed [http://www.ronjackson.com/bio.htm Biography].

==References==

==References==

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