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- From: sl@wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne)
- Subject: Re: Top level domains (was Re: Mixed format addresses)
- Organization: Wimsey Information Services
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 20:53:51 GMT
- Message-ID: <C03BDs.Cqx@wimsey.bc.ca>
- References: <BzsMop.423@wang.com> <6IcPrAtMBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> <TRSNYDER.92Dec30084303@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu>
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- In article <TRSNYDER.92Dec30084303@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
- >In article <6IcPrAtMBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel) writes:
- }
- }[...]
- } Of course not. Wang is in the same boat as Sun, DEC, IBM, HP, Kodak
- } and probably a whole bunch of others I don't know about in Aus.
- }
- } EDU is a simpler case -- I assume there are no (or very few) Uni's
- } or equivalent which span national boundaries. But there would need
- } to be separate COM. and COM.US. if this reorganisation were to happen.
- }
- } Even though the intention was that any educational institution any
- } where in the world could be registered under the EDU domain, in
- } practice it has turned out with few exceptions only those in the
- } United States have registered under EDU, similiary with COM (for
- } commercial). In other countries, everything is registered under the
- } 2-letter country code, often with some subdivision. For example, in
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- In Canada there are several Universities that have registered under .edu.
- For example toronto.edu (home of cnews). Most recently unbc.edu.
-
- Many companies and organizations in Canada also register under .com or .org or
- .net. E.g. wimsey.com, questor.org. and bc.net are all located in and around
- Vancouver.
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