I am not sure how many of the original 47 or so applicants from 2000 round are still waiting to bid again but it is worth noting that at least 5 of the current sTLD round were previous applicants, even if in some cases as successors to the original applicants from 2000, who had waited diligently for 4 or 5 years .post,.travel,.mobi .Tel (telnic) and , of course, .xxx. Like Chris, after these,my guess at the number of remaining would-be applicants is likely to be around 10.