Maybe that's why the marketing guys don't laugh at some of our jokes -- by
the time we get to the punchline, they're planning a campaign to promote the
idea! :-)
- Ian King (who actually does respect our marketing folks. Really.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 2:00 PM
To: Henning G. Schulzrinne
Cc: Keith Moore; Johnny Eriksson; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Diacritical application in the DNS
Henning wrote:
> And they would insist that something like
>
> 180.035.069.037
>
> would spell 1-800-Flowers and try to reserve an IP address based on that
> name.
> --
Believe it or not, the SRI NIC did get at least one request for a vanity
IP address around 1988-89. As your example notes, they wanted it to
spell out the name of the organization.
It's awfully hard to parody marketing, isn't it?
regards,
Ted Hardie
