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Username: fnord
Date/Time: Sun, July 9, 2000 at 4:18 AM GMT
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Subject: ...are you com, net, or org, you look so much alike

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        410 writes:

>They are NOT meaningless, even if the intention for each is not being met. Quite simply, .com means "commerce," .net means "Company Network" and .org means "Organization."<

But those are not being met as you say yourself. Registrars themselves, including NSI, say businesses should register all three.

>Um, there is nothing wrong with strong specialization in a TLD charter, so long as the TLD is restricted. Then the registrants would have to be members of a respective institution, and the approval process is different than it is for unrestricted TLDs.<

Agreed absolutely.

>(Damn, that IS a word. Obscuration.com. Hmmmm. . .  It's available! See! We DON'T need new TLDs!)<

Well, I'm glad that's settled. :)
     
     

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