IP: .WS???

[David Farber <dfarber () fast net>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Russell Andrew L" <Andrew.Russell () Colorado EDU>
To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:11 PM
Subject: http://website.ws/index.dhtml


> Hi Dave -
>
> I have been following the ICANN/ domain name dispute at a distance
> recently, so I might have missed something, and please excuse me if I did.
> As far as I can tell, and despite Ralph Nader's suggestion for a
> "dot-sucks foundation," no final decisions have been made about the new
> domains.
> I was therefore amazed when a friend mentioned the ".ws" domain. He said
> that it seemed all the big corporate domains were taken, such as pepsi or
> microsoft or whatever. I didn't believe him for a second, since I study
> the creation of the Internet and have followed policy (through this list
> and other channels) in the last 3-4 years or so, and I have NEVER heard of
> .ws.  But sure enough, I typed "www.pepsi.ws" into my browser, and got
> forwarded to "website.ws, the alternative to .com."  They have an ICANN
> logo and it appears authorization as a TLD.
>
> Did I not get the "ICANN launches .ws" email? Sorry if it's a stupid
> question -
>
> Andy