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- From: djk@boombox.apana.org.au (David Keegel)
- Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
- Subject: Re: Top level domains (was Re: Mixed format addresses)
- Summary: USA monopolising .GOV is arrogant.
- Message-ID: <0QvRrAPBBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 09:12:04 +1100
- References: <TRSNYDER.92Dec30084303@vf0031.mcs.drexel.edu> <+j4NrAsCBh107h@boombox.apana.org.au> <930101.040025.7n1.rusnews.w165w@ricksys.lonestar.org>
- Reply-To: David.Keegel@apana.org.au
- Organization: Private site, Melbourne, Australia.
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- In <930101.040025.7n1.rusnews.w165w@ricksys.lonestar.org> rick@ricksys.lonestar.org (Richard McCombs KB5SNF) writes:
- >trsnyder@mcs.drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes:
-
- >> From RFC 1836: The US Domain:
- >[..]
- >> Their (sic) are no plans of putting all of the organizational domains .EDU
- >> .GOV .COM etc., under .US.
-
- >Why not leave it that way?
-
- Because (f'r instance) .GOV ought to either mean "Governments of some
- kind, all over the world" or "World governments". Well, that's what
- seems logical to me, anyway.
-
- Now tell me, would the US Govt be happy to have the Australian Bureau
- of Statistics being called "abs.gov"? Or does the US Govt claim to
- govern the world?
-
- Philosophicaly, I think the USA would look a lot less arrogant to the
- rest of The Net if its govt depts/agencies were in gov.us or us.gov.
- IMHO, the only govt with a right to be at the top level of .gov would
- be the UN (unless they want to allow all comers).
-
- Practically, I recognise that there are a *lot* of .gov sites out there
- (in the USA at least), and that changing the domain for all of them is
- about as likely as needing chains on your car in Hades.
-
- But just because it *won't* happen, doesn't mean it *shouldn't* happen.
-
- PS: Is there any discussion of the USA joining the rest of the world
- by ditching British Imperial measures and going metric? At all??
-
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