Re: Thread 5: Defining the namespace

[Kevin Brown <kevinbr@netcomm.ie>]

Hank,


We don't care that they werre not clairvoyant. We just want them to be able
to fix it now. The Internet is about speed and change.

Kevin
At 19:49 +0300 28/12/96, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Michael Dillon wrote:
>> > Why was .COM and .EDU created to distinguish between commercial and
>> > educational organizations? What should be happening now is just further
>> > division, focus, and refinement of the name space.
>>
>> .COM and .EDU were created by people who didn't fully understand the
>> implications of attempting to carve up the namespace. This can be clearly
>> seen when you understand that .COM contains registrations for educational
>> institions, non-commercial charitable organizations, military
>> organizations, etc. In effect, .COM has become synonymous with COMMON
>> not with COMMERCIAL.
>
>15 years ago no one imagined that the Internet would become the commercial
>success it has become.  The only thing you can blame those who designed
>COM and EDU is not being clairvoyant.
>
>> Michael Dillon                   -               Internet & ISP Consulting
>> Memra Software Inc.              -                  Fax: +1-604-546-3049
>> http://www.memra.com             -             E-mail: michael@memra.com
>>
>
>Hank Nussbacher
>IAHC member
>[the views expressed above belong to the author and do not
>necessarily reflect the views of the other IAHC members]


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