Roger With all due respect (and not to sound argumentative), just because you haven't dealt with them doesn't mean they don't exist.
I would also question your definition of 'significance'. If a business is thriving, however small or unknown it may be, regionally or globally, it is significant. And just because I have a .ca (because the .com was already taken) doesn't mean that I have restricted my home market in any way. In some ways, identifying my locale has helped business. But I do business with folks from far and wide: Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Germany, Switzerland just to name a few. Just my $0.02 Brian O'Donnell Doctor PC www.doctorpc.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Ross Wm. Rader wrote: > > >I think you need to pay some closer attention - .uk, .ca, .de and .biz are > >all doing reasonably well as .com substitutes (or as primary choices ahead > >of .com depending on the market...) > > > > I have NEVER received any contact from a business of any significance in > .biz. And as for the country domains, companies in those locales rush > to try to get relevant .coms before considering a domain that identifies > -- and therefore restricts -- their home market. > > >
