Re: Functional SLDs (was Re: Registration of Common Names)

[Hank Nussbacher <hank@ibm.net.il>]

On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Werner Staub wrote:

> Michael, 
> 
> A company that knows about the Internet will register 
> under .com in order to avoid .co.uk and the like. Moreover, 
> the .com is automatically added by Netscape and other browsers.

It also adds www at the beginning so you can type just microsoft and
it will try to go to www.microsoft.com.  Does that mean we should just
collapse the entire namespace to .COM and forget everything else?

> 
> The basis for the 54,000 3LDs you mentioned is coercion by the
> TLD registry and and companies' ignorance. 
> 
> Dont forget that the .com namespace is big enough. I never had 
> a problem registering French companies under .com because 
> because few French names are used under .com.

I would find many who disagree.

> 
> 
> Werner

Hank Nussbacher
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