A “Glitch” Does Not Last This Long

Icann Lisbon 2007 (Photo credit: blacknight)

ICANN has been consistently referring to the issues with the new TLD application system as a “glitch”.

That’s a serious misnomer.

As a native English speaker I’d consider a “glitch” to be something small and inconsequential.

When the software and systems that you are using to process millions of dollars of domain applications is forced offline for several weeks the term “glitch” is just plain wrong.

I know what it’s like when stuff breaks, but seriously .. call a spade a spade.

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By Michele Neylon

Michele is founder and managing director of Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight. Michele has been deeply involved in domain and internet policy discussions for more than a decade. He also co-hosts the Technology.ie podcast.

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One comment

mneylon says:

May 8, 2012 at 1:51 pm

Would you call a problem that took a system offline for a month a “glitch”? http://t.co/uEx6B3cY

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