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Re: WorldNIC
From: Jon Lewis <jlewis () inorganic5 fdt net>
Date: Mon, 8 Jun 1998 23:58:48 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Greg Simpson wrote:
cocacola.com when we can get a hundreds or perhaps thousands per year by selling the Cocacola company their name in .com, .net, .org, .us, and a host of other and future TLDs?"What about the "deeper meaning", ie, .org = nonprofit, .net = network provider etc, .com = commercial?
Where have you been? Those meanings went out the window when they started collecting money for domain registrations. Once upon a time, .net and .org were processed by hand, and if they didn't think your explanation justified a domain in the TLD requested, they'd NAK your registration and tell you why. Now we pay for it, and it's gone from being done by hand (or at least human moderated) to fully automated. Hmm... Back in early 1996, I had to really push and be somewhat creative to get a particular .net registration through.
Call me a whiner, but I still believe if .com is taken, you shouldn't take the .org unless you're truly nonprofit.
Well...most people go for .net before resorting to .org. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jon Lewis <jlewis () fdt net> | Spammers will be winnuked or Network Administrator | drawn and quartered...whichever Florida Digital Turnpike | is more convenient. ______http://inorganic5.fdt.net/~jlewis/pgp for PGP public key____
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