[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Hi all, > > > >Recently, yet another discussion on linux-kernel has indicated that we > >really do need to formalize a Linux Assigned Names And Numbers Authority > >(LANA/LANANA). I have volunteered to do this, after maintaining the > >Linux device name- and numberspace for the past five years. > > > >I have checked, and the name lanana.org is available (lana.org is taken > >but appears to be a squatter.) Would anyone be willing to spring for > >the registration fee for this? > > Did you check both LANA/LANANA.com already? Hot stuff! ;) Is there no > problem using this name if the dotcom name is like this? >
No, I didn't check. > > > >P.S. <Wish> It would be really nice if some of the new multi-G$ Linux > >companies would buy Linux Online and make the name linux.org available > >to the community, preferrably under Linus' control. We have a huge and > >painful proliferation of random domains, and it's not a good thing. > > linux.net is in a poor state. It is registered, but there is no DNS server > working properly. I used http://www.demon.net/cgi-bin/demon/external/dig and > others to check the domain. > Yes, linux.net was squatted by the same guy who squatted linux.com and later sold it to VA. -hpa
