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Re: Thread 5: Defining the namespace (was Re: Thread 1: Sharing)
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 1996 17:43:41 -0500
- From: Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>
- Subject: Re: Thread 5: Defining the namespace (was Re: Thread 1: Sharing)
Let me guess, Iway=information highway. Get a grip. Go sit in the
corner. Go wash your mouth out with soap! Geeesh! Are you for real?
Vince Wolodkin
Donald Heath wrote:
>
> Michael Dillon wrote:
> .INET and .IWAY are too generic, although it wouldn't hurt to have at
> least one of them (.INET) as a gTLD. If gTLD's are too narrow then there
> will be no choices no matter how many gTLD's there are. If the names are
> too broad, then you might as well flip a coin.
>
> But that was supposed to be the point! Is it possible to have a gTLD be
> too generic? They should mean something, but, as the IAHC suggested,
> they should "point" to the Internet, Business, or Personal. IWAY certainly
> fits that, but is it too English?
>
> Don Heath - IAHC member speaking for myself