Re: NAVYJOBS.COM

[Carl Forsythe <carlf () mbay net>]

Avi Freedman spoke from the ethers and said:
> > > I was happily watching the hockey playoffs just now
> > > (well, as happily as possible without Hockey Night in Canada),
> > > and noticed a commercial for U.S. Navy Recruiting.
> > >
> > > Why why why why why are they in .COM?!
> > >
> > > I think we should be told.
> > >
> > >   Sean.
> >
> > Maybe they were hassled about a .GOV and needed to go online ASAP.
> >
> > Avi
>
> By the way, that wasn't an editorial comment, just a hypothesis...
> Better that people be hassled about .GOVs, .NETs, and .EDUs than
> that they have those domains yanked at some point in the future...
>
> Avi
I reckon it may be because the MilNet Domain Maintainers for the services
are loathe to give out a .mil address to a commercial ISP. We ran into 
that with a client from the Army. They wanted a virtual server, but the 
Army wouldn't assign a .mil address for them.

-Carl


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