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[[Stephane Van Gelder]], General Manager of NetNames, a subsidiary of [[Group NBT]] also requested ICANN to delay the digital archery until a new solution for the evaluation process has been determined. In a letter to ICANN he described the digital archery as a "contentious system that seems to favour those with in-depth knowledge of the second-hand domain industry and more specifically, its drop-catching techniques." He believed that the method has been approved without formal community input. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/9235-now-netnames-complains-about-digital-archery Now NetNames complains about digital archery]</ref>
[[Stephane Van Gelder]], General Manager of NetNames, a subsidiary of [[Group NBT]] also requested ICANN to delay the digital archery until a new solution for the evaluation process has been determined. In a letter to ICANN he described the digital archery as a "contentious system that seems to favour those with in-depth knowledge of the second-hand domain industry and more specifically, its drop-catching techniques." He believed that the method has been approved without formal community input. <ref>[http://domainincite.com/9235-now-netnames-complains-about-digital-archery Now NetNames complains about digital archery]</ref>
==Antony Van Couvering (TLDH)Criticism==
==Antony van Couvering (TLDH)Criticism==
[[Antony van Couvering]], CEO of [[Top Level Domains Holding Ltd.|To Level Domains Holding]] strongly criticized ICANN's digital archery describing the system as "deeply flawed" and encouraged ICANN to scrap its implementation. Couvering said that the [Batching|batching]] system artificially creates losers and winners, it is a game of chance rather than skill, unfair to poorer applicants, certain regions and non-generic applicants.He also presented some interesting evidences of errors on the TLD Application System ([[TAS]]). After conducting tests on the TAS, Couvering theorize that the system's software is recording a "wrong seconds value, but with the right milliseconds value" when an applicant clicks the button prior to the target time. He encouraged ICANN to investigate the issue. <ref>[http://www.circleid.com/posts/0120610_biggest_glitch_of_all_icanns_batching_program_for_new_gtlds/ The Biggest Glitch of All - ICANN's Batching Program for New gTLDs]</ref>
<ref>[http://domainincite.com/9347-is-digital-archery-bugged-too http://domainincite.com/9347-is-digital-archery-bugged-too Is digital archery bugged too?]</ref>
==Digital Archery Service Providers==
==Digital Archery Service Providers==