.Pro announcement today -对于pro算是好消息吗？

[琉璃仙人]

I got the following email today from Encirca. Nice to see .Pro finally getting the attention it deserves!
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Just one week after announcing the acquisition of Affinity Internet, forming one of the world's largest web hosting firms with over 600,000 customers, Hostway Corporation announces a new General Manager for RegistryPro.

Filling this long-empty position signals a renewed energy and focus towards making the .pro registry a successful namespace.

Continue reading for today's press release.

Chicago - April 10, 2007
- Hostway Corporation, a premier hosting provider of innovative web-based tools and services for businesses, and RegistryPro, the exclusive operator of the .Pro top level domain (TLD) for professionals, today announced that Catherine Sigmar has been appointed President of RegistryPro effective March 29, 2007. Among other things, Ms. Sigmar will be responsible for managing RegistryPro's strategy, operations, legal affairs, and policy.

In addition to her internal responsibilities, Ms. Sigmar will lead in the registry's relationship with ICANN, and will contribute to setting policies for the promotion of the growth of .Pro domain name as well as manage the general environment of the .Pro domain name.

In making the announcement, Lucas Roh, CEO of Hostway Corporation, the parent company of RegistryPro said, "In Catherine, we have a colleague of depth, perspective, and global experience who also possesses the necessary leadership skills. Her international corporate experience as well as her background in the legal field will help enormously as we bring the benefits of .Pro domain names to professionals everywhere."

Prior to joining RegistryPro, Ms. Sigmar has held a number of international senior executive positions. Most recently she successfully led the strategic consulting group for the Americas at Intel Corporation. Before joining Intel, Ms. Sigmar lived in the UK where she held several senior sales, legal and operations positions with Invensys Plc, Baan Company. Ms. Sigmar had prior experience in legal and consulting roles with System Software Associates and Price Waterhouse. Ms. Sigmar holds a J.D. degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Bachelor of Law from University of Western Ontario (Canada) and a B.A from Queens University (Canada).

Catherine Sigmar responded to the appointment by praising the incredible possibilities that RegistryPro presents for professionals as well as the domain name industry. ".Pro will represent for internet users a trusted source for access to professionals. The .pro extension will be the vehicle that professionals rely on to establish credibility as they continue to take advantage of the web."
THANKS FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!

.Pro was once restricted to users in just four professions from only four countries. All this changed when EnCirca introduced its ProForwarding service over two years ago.

EnCirca has never wavered in its conviction that .pro domains should be available on a world-wide basis to all professionals. We believe that further relaxing of restrictions in .pro are inevitable in today's competitive environment for domain names.

We intend to continue our work in promoting great availability and use of .pro domains throughout the global internet.

Sincerely,


Thomas Barrett
EnCirca

[ranit]

在国内，没有多少人知道．ＰＲＯ这个后缀

[琉璃仙人]

是啊 但是这个赌注 我和哈拉 大大一样 好的绝对要保留等待pro “末日”

实在是太喜欢这个后缀了。