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Re: NAVYJOBS.COM
From: jon () branch com (Jon Zeeff)
Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 09:53:45 -0400 (EDT)
Saying .com is not a monopoly is like saying major league baseball is not a monopoly because there are minor leagues....
In this case, the major leagues haven't allowed the minors or another major to form. We register lots of domains for people and are quite familiar with the various reasons they have. The major ones are (in random order): 1) A memorable name 2) An obvious name (ie, guess what an address is given company name) 3) Grab it now, there is a limited (ie just 1) supply 4) Provider independance 5) A short name The .com monopoly makes 1, 2, and 3 much more significant. Creating a few more TLDs that are appropriate for commercial use would weaken this effect substantially and promote the concept that domain name is just a name.
Current thread:
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM, (continued)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM @NANOG-LIST (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jon Zeeff (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jeremy Porter (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM bmanning (Apr 25)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jon Zeeff (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM @NANOG-LIST (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 24)
- RE: NAVYJOBS.COM Jim Browning (Apr 24)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Jon Zeeff (Apr 25)
- RE: NAVYJOBS.COM Jim Fleming (Apr 25)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 25)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Paul A Vixie (Apr 25)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Paul Ferguson (Apr 25)
- Re: NAVYJOBS.COM Vadim Antonov (Apr 24)