Who said local extensions didn’t attract? The cipher published by the German registry last week must be the wish of all its European neighbors – starting by the AFNIC!- and fastens its 2 world place exactly behind the .COM, more than ever Denic appears like an European and even world reference. Its leaders’ opposition against ccNSO ( the organization who “keeps” the ccTLDs and is pretended by the ICANN) and its place into the CENTR gets more importance! See http://www.denic.de
JCV & SB