On Sat, 2003-02-15 at 13:31, Roger B.A. Klorese wrote: > Swerve wrote: > > >If the entity or person or content behind Art.Net or Art.info was > >interesting, then over time, A.Net or Art.info would become a > >destination i would consider going to more than .com. > >In fact, i view .Net domains as "seriously" as i do .com's. I think .Net is > >cooler than .com. Of course, not everyone is into the cool factor. > > > > > Of course, .net was created for a clear and specific purpose, but it > was decided that the almighty buck was more important. > > .net was never intended to be used for systems that had user accounts -- > it was created for the routers and other infrastructure machines that > made up the net. > > UUnet was able to bully their way into uu.net, and a great idea was then > ignored. > > It is useful TO THE END USER for TLD's to have meaning -- for .info to > be publishers of information, for .com to be people who do commerical > business on the net, etc. They're not just random and equivalent suffixes.
Only in the mind of anti-business control freaks such as yourself who think you know better than the consumers themselves what they need and what is useful to them. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
