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Username:	Jabba
Date/Time:	Thu, June 15, 2000 at 5:43 PM GMT
Browser:	Netscape Communicator V4.7 using Windows NT
Score:	5
Subject:	The URL-notation is the problem
Message:
I agree with smckoens comments about the conflict with trademarks and gTLDs. The reason for the conflict is the current need (or wish) for using widely recognized words (the trademark) as part of the URL. The URL is just a part of the current user interface (UI). In a short number of years, the URL will be replaced by something very different, something that wont require users to use a keyboard. Maybe a laser pointer directed at the TV screen, a few search phrases muttered into a microphone or moving an item in front of a web camera. Whatever method used, intelligent agents and search engines will automagically find the correct site for you, no matter what obscure domain name the company has chosen. When that happens, the DNS will again be used for its original purpose: A distruted, hierachial managed database for mapping names to IP addresses- not a marketing tool.

Message Thread:

• No one is going to be happy ... so get rid of gTLDs entirely — smckoen, June 14 @ 10:18 PM (6/8)
• The real solution is to get rid of TCP/IP and use UUCP — rs79, June 17 @ 11:56 PM (0/0)
• The URL-notation is the problem — Jabba, June 15 @ 5:43 PM (0/0)
• Duct tape on a broken naming system — bylander, June 15 @ 3:18 PM (0/0)
• How quickly we forget .. the US made the internet., show some respect. — Largo, June 15 @ 3:08 PM (1/1)
• How does nostalgia help? — smckoen, June 15 @ 5:12 PM (0/0)
• Not a viable solution — edward, June 14 @ 10:49 PM (1/1)
• Re: Not a viable solution — cutterjohn, June 15 @ 3:37 AM (0/0)
• and another thing  ;-) — smckoen, June 14 @ 10:47 PM (0/0)

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