Actually it DOES happen with COM, NET, ORG as well. At least most people think of COM, and strive for that. At least they ORIGINALLY had a definite purpose:
.com = commercial (or similar) .net = network (like an ISP) .org = "nonprofit ORGanization" But why do you think so many people try to buy them all? WHY do you think that whitehouse.com and duke.com were X rated sites? Because they KNEW that people would go there BY MISTAKE. You would THINK that one would be the president of the US headquarters, and the other a university. THEY use GOV and EDU though. If they were competitors, it would be worse for the original domain owner. NF/NL is different in that one had the same local prestige as COM, and now they have decided to switch. As for conspiracy? I don't know if it is one person, several, or something dictated by higher ups. The effect is the same, and so is the reason. Heck, maybe ***YOU*** don't get spammed as I do, and maybe YOU haven't noticed the ads. You don't have to read too much between the lines to realize that they are trying to blur the meaning of the second level domain name to get people to buy their new TLD. Heck, many even say flat out that people will prefer theirs in a certain case and/or that you may lose business. I got one such message from a company selling CA TLDs, in fact. Why should the government step in and basically act the same way? As for losing half your market? I NEVER said that! I said you would lose SOME of your market, and that more would be lost over time. Of course, if they disable the older TLD, you will lose nearly 100%.(I'm assuming some are loyal, hear about the switch, etc... to avoid it becomming 100%) That is a given. Steve >-- Original Message -- >Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 14:08:47 -0500 >From: Colin Viebrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: NF and NL > > >No offense, man, but give up the conspiracy/extortion theories. > >No one is forcing anyone to do anything. If you have a .NF.CA domain, >keep it as long as you want. If you want a .NL.CA domain instead, >"trade-in" your old one (i.e. register the new one, and let the old >expire). What's the issue? > >Heck, register the .CA version and give up worrying. > >To claim that "when people think of Newfoundland domains, they now have >to think about .NL.CA and .NF.CA ... and therefore I'm going to lose >half my market" is sheer nonsense. Just like I have to think about the >.COM, .NET and .ORG versions of companies, right? Yeah, I can't get the >hang of that either. > >- Colin > > >
