Yea, we get a lot of that. People who give their e-mail address as bullseye383838383@aol and assume that it has .com at the end.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 4:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: .ws or .com? > > I'm not particularly familiar with .ws. My impression of most people is > that they are confused by anything not .com (at least in the US). I had > friends who kept failing to send me email in college because it took them > a > while to grasp the idea of ".edu" :-) Of course, some of them were also > the > ones who asked "you mean there's email besides Hotmail?" Not the most > technocratic people I know. :-) > > > -- Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Software, Inc > > : -----Original Message----- > : From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > : Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:04 PM > : To: CF-Community > : Subject: .ws or .com? > : > : > : If you had a choice..between a .com domain that didn't really include > : your company name.. > : and a .ws domain that was your company name..which would you choose? > : > : For example if your company was Rowan Media, and Rowan.com was taken, > : but redwall.com was available (your company has a red wall as part of > : the logo).. > : Would you take redwall.com over rowan.ws ? > : > : How accepted is .ws in the mainstream? > : > : -Gel > : > : > : > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
