Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:55:22 -0400
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Eric Thomas wrote:
> But that is not the case. US, GOV, EDU, NET and COM point
> to the US because there are domains that initially covered only
> the US. I doubt you will find many non-US organisations with a
> .GOV or .EDU domain,
That is correct... a number of Canadian universities are singing
on with .edu as well as their normal addresses but nobody i know of
uses .gov except the US.
The three-letter domains ought to useful for everyone, and the
only way to make that happen is to have country codes added AFTER the
.com.net.org. etc.,
I think there is room for lobbying to set an international
standard on this. I am told that some state organizations in
california are adding .ca in their addresses. This will drive us
Canadians crazy. Domain names need to be re-thought to prepare for
the future, when there will be many more of them, and to reflect
geography as well as function. Ford cars are Ford cars, but there is
a difference between one with a Canadian and one with a Somali licence
plate. They should not all be .ford
Jan George Frajkor _!_
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