Re: US Domain -- County Delegations

[nordlund () databank com]

> On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Paul A Vixie wrote:
>
> > > Or, even better, for major metropolitan areas like SF, LA, NYC,
> > > CHI etc the name central city can be used instead of state.
> >
> > I like this idea.  (Note that VIXIE.SF.CA.US has moved many times since
its
> > creation, and though I've always been in the Bay Area I've not lived in
San
> > Francisco since 1988.)
>
> This would seem to indicate that geographical domains are a bad idea and 
> that domain names should be based on some characteristic that is less 
> likely to change over time.
>
> VIXIE.BIND.HACKER ?  
>
> Michael Dillon                                    Voice: +1-604-546-8022
> Memra Software Inc.                                 Fax: +1-604-542-4130
> http://www.memra.com                             E-mail: michael () memra com
How much do we want to use the .US domain?  For heavy use, we need a style
for organizations that are beyond cities, countys or even states.  I support
a style that will be organization.US  or maybe organization.COM.US (of all
things).


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