The 3rd level .name domains are the original ones. They didn't hand out 2nd level domains until three years after they started.

> disagree on .co.uk being a problem

Nominet and therefore .co.uk has been around since 1996.

.co.uk is not going anywhere, and neither is Nominet.

The only "problem" is the original poster did not do their homework. I suspect they were inferring `uk.co` which is a completely different kettle of fish. The original poster should urgently correct their post.