Gordon Cook a �crit:
> Michael.....you are mistaken in your assertion. the .us domain was always
> jon postel's private preserve.....
That may be true so far as it goes, but since .us has been used
primarily as a name space for public entities, it has been affected
by government policy. And Jon Postel administered it for the ISI
under USG subsidy (or so I presume).
In any case, any materials you can provide as background, such as
the current status of the USPS proposal, would be much appreciated.
I think it would also be useful to know as much as can be
ascertained about NSI's interest in .us (NSI is presently paying ISI
to administer .us, according to Don Telage). Do you have any
information about this?
> I did an article on .us in late 97 and another last july on the postal ser
> vices manuevering and the meckler bogus news report. I'd post both if
> there is signifiocant interest.... for folk who intend to attend the
> march meeting on .us it might be good to know the history.
>
> The present reorganization
> >is sponsored by the DOC, but this is just a local, national matter.
> >No comment is being made on the organization of other ccTLDs. The
> >governments of those other countries are free to sponsor or not the
> >organization of their copuntries' domain spaces.
>
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