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- From: amdunn@mongrel.UUCP (Andrew M. Dunn)
- Subject: Re: Mixed format addresses
- Organization: A. Dunn Systems Corporation, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 14:39:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.143923.18272@mongrel.UUCP>
- References: <lgXLrA1BBh107h@ssc60.sbwk.nj.us> <y4kyVB13w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz>
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- In article <y4kyVB13w165w@dogbox.acme.gen.nz> dogbowl@dogbox.acme.gen.nz (Kennelmeister) writes:
- >Please note that almost every country ( apart from the USA ) has a tail
- >to indicate their origin. ( ie: .AU, .NZ, .CA, .UK, .SE, .ZA,.....)
- >By that I mean that ALL sites have the tail, including universities,
- >companies and government organisations.
- >
-
-
- True. But, unlike the US (and, to a lesser extent, Canada) they don't
- appear to insist on a geographical hierarchy.
-
- THAT'S what people don't like about the .US domain. Or the .CA
- domain.
-
- It's difficult or impossible to justify why you want a second-level
- domain. While it's true that there exist _easy_ mechanisms for getting
- a domain name and MX, they almost always carry the caveat that you
- get slotted into a geographical hierarchy.
-
- And, some places (such as .UK) use second-level for the same purpose
- as .COM and .EDU are used. For instance, UK.AC.OXBRIDGE or
- UK.CO.WIDGETSRUS.
-
- But they're NOT HIERARCHICAL!
-
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- : Andy Dunn <amdunn@mongrel.UUCP> or <dunn5177@mach1.WLU.CA> :
- : "AT&T thinks Usenet is an Underground organization" - are we really? :
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