response at bottom. > From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> snip. >> 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.
I'd like it if this discussion didn't get flamed up. Also, DomainWhiz, i'm wondering who you are? I prefer less than anonymous discussions. If you want anonymity, that's fine as well. Swerve (Josh Melamed) > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >
