> I like the edu, org, com  etc
>domains but I am not willing yet to accept the globalization idea that
>all domains wherever they are have no relation to their country.

the information provided using .edu, .org, is certainly useful. I also like
that system which enables you to add country code after  .edu, .org, .ac,
.go as is used in Japan.

[log in to unmask]                    Mick (Mitsuaki) Kuroshima
[log in to unmask]                    Hitoshi Horie,Canon Inc.
[log in to unmask]         Akihiko Tanaka Inst of Oriental
Culture
[log in to unmask]            Kazu Takemoto

I also believe in the freedom for a country to adopt any of the established
naming system or introduce better ones.

Again, what I am suggesting to LISTSERV is that if LISTSERV is going to
provide information on the country of origin of subscribers from a mailing
list, then this information should be accurate.

You cant have a country list that e.g. says:
* USA
and it contains email addresses from all over the world.

I look forward to a response from someone who is involved in decision
making on the development of future LISTSERV versions.

regards
jacky foo
director of UNESCO Microbial Resources Center, Stockholm.
http://home2.swipnet.se/~w-25860/jacky/mircen

-----Original Message-----
From:   George Frajkor [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent:   Wednesday, October 13, 1999 11:37 PM
Subject:        Re: rev listname by country

   Rather than retire the 'by country' i suggest the opposite.. that a
country designation be made mandadorty AFTER the TDL.   That is...
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  be mandadatory instead of
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   which does not tell you at all that FooeyU is in Canada.

   We should promote this idea.   I like the edu, org, com  etc
domains but I am not willing yet to accept the globalization idea that
all domains wherever they are have no relation to their country.  This
to me smacks of the marxist idea that all proletarians are one, there
are no nations or religions, but merely class interests.
   I suggest that an .edu site in Pristina, Jugoslavia, has less in
common with an .edu site in Belgrade, Jugoslavia, than one might
expect.


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