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- From: mjo@iao.ford.com (Mike O'Connor)
- Newsgroups: mi.misc,mi.news
- Subject: Re: MI.ORG
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 18:17:19 GMT
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- In article <1joucsINNf5g@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu>
- bryan@notorious.rs.itd.umich.edu (Bryan Beecher) writes:
-
- :As the new chief of the MI.ORG domain, I'd like to make a suggestion: Let's
- :get rid of the domain!
-
- Aigh!! I like mi.org, and its relative flexibility. I can relocate
- my site within Michigan and not feel compelled to change my name
- 'cause I happen to enter a different city. The addressing is
- certainly less awkward.
-
- :Seriously, I think it might be time that the domain be retired. The folks at
- :ISI do a pretty good job with the MI.US domain. Any time I have sent mail
- :to them, I've always gotten a prompt, courteous reply.
-
- Currently, there are more mi.org email sites than mi.us sites, from
- what I can divine from nslookup. (Of course, with mi.us one can do
- subnetting). I remember hearing at one of the SEMiSLUGs (from Steve
- Simmons, possibly), that some of the well-managed domain parks like
- lonestar.org, mn.org, and mi.org, might be given regional control by
- the ISI people. This was awhile back.
-
- :MI.US is becoming increasingly populated. High schools around Michigan are
- :getting connected, and they are part of the domain. There was also a lot of
- :talk at the last IETF about reserving the EDU domain for four-year colleges
- :and universities, and placing other schools under <state>.US.
-
- Ahhh... the three high schools that I see in your DNS seem to be
- under k12.mi.us, rather than some-city.mi.us. How do the people who
- run .ca feel about a k13.{province}.ca for their high schools?
-
- :How would people feel about a slow transition to remove the MI.ORG domain
- :in favor of the MI.US domain? I'd still be willing to act as a front-end
- :for people who needed some help getting registered.
-
- I am not in favor of it. Of course, I realize that you're doing all
- the work involved -- for our information, how much work IS involved?
-
- ...Mike
-
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