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IP: .WS???
From: David Farber <dfarber () fast net>
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 12:20:42 -0400
----- Original Message ----- From: "Russell Andrew L" <Andrew.Russell () Colorado EDU> To: <farber () cis upenn edu> Sent: Friday, August 04, 2000 12:11 PM Subject: http://website.ws/index.dhtml
Hi Dave - I have been following the ICANN/ domain name dispute at a distance recently, so I might have missed something, and please excuse me if I did. As far as I can tell, and despite Ralph Nader's suggestion for a "dot-sucks foundation," no final decisions have been made about the new domains. I was therefore amazed when a friend mentioned the ".ws" domain. He said that it seemed all the big corporate domains were taken, such as pepsi or microsoft or whatever. I didn't believe him for a second, since I study the creation of the Internet and have followed policy (through this list and other channels) in the last 3-4 years or so, and I have NEVER heard of .ws. But sure enough, I typed "www.pepsi.ws" into my browser, and got forwarded to "website.ws, the alternative to .com." They have an ICANN logo and it appears authorization as a TLD. Did I not get the "ICANN launches .ws" email? Sorry if it's a stupid question - Andy
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