At 10:07 AM 10/8/2007, you wrote: >On 10/7/07, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >I also sort of assumed that .org meant a real nonprofit. Otherwise, >> various >> >unscrupulous outfits and organizations might simply pose as being >> >non-profits. Could have the equivalent of, say, Microsoft.org >> >> Today anybody can get an org TLD. When the registrars went commercial any >> effort to enforce qualifications went out the window. The only thing you >> can't buy is gov and mil. > > >so, can i ask, what's the point of all the different domain extensions at >this point? is it like the propagation of area codes for phone lines >because of the popularity of fax machines?
I doubt if fax machines make up a very large percentage of the phone lines. probably under 10%. cheap phone lines burned up all the numbers. when I had my company, I started out with 2 lines + dedicated fax. 10 years later, had "MY" line 7 to the company, 1 for the alarm, 1 for ups, 1 for fax. for a while had 4 for some kind of computer connection before cable & dsl. put 4 in at home. 2 for wife, 1 for me, and one for fax. > if i register a domain name, >does it matter if i use .net or .org or .com or .name, etc etc etc. in >fact, looking on godaddy - it seems like i could buy a domain name with a >.co.uk extension, and look as though i was located in England... I think if all were on com, we would be to 8 or 9 or 10 character minimum. businesses like to have a site that conveys their name. my company was ppi. there are a lot of ppi's out there. i have ppiusa.com & net & org(for different purposes) had ppi.(whatever belieze is). have pictureframes.something and photoframes.something. never used them. certainly a lot better than 7&gwppVx£½.com, or aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb.com. I think to have a system of unique codes all in dot com, one would have to go to codes like those things to activate windows OS. >also, in addition to .gov and .mil isn't .edu restricted - only educational >institutions can own those?? > >janaki by the way, janaki.tv and janaki.ws are available. I am slawecki.com, and wife is slawecki.net(and never the email shall cross). ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
