On 10/19/14, 8:05 AM, Matthew Petach wrote: > Wondering if some of the long-time list members > can shed some light on the question--why is the > .gov top level domain only for use by US > government agencies? Where do other world > powers put their government agency domains? > > With the exception of the cctlds, shouldn't the > top-level gtlds be generically open to anyone > regardless of borders? > > Would love to get any info about the history > of the decision to make it US-only.
The USA funded the early internet and so it got to make it's own legacy rules. `murica :D -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice 727-214-2508 - Fax http://bryanfields.net