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RE: WorldNIC
From: "Philip J. Nesser II" <pjnesser () nesser com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:13:53 -0700
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 FYI, The MITRE corporation is a non-profit research company, doing (primarily) research for the USAF. Phil (ex-MITRE employee #19950)
-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf
Of
Michael Dillon Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 1998 9:53 AM To: nanog () merit edu Subject: Re: WorldNIC On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:On Tue, Jun 09, 1998 at 11:53:42PM -0400, Steve Sobol wrote:.org was never meant as a domain for nonprofits; it was meant as
a
catchall to be used when your organization didn't fit into .com,
.net,
.edu or .gov.Do you have a reference for that Steven? It doesn't match what I remember...The MITRE Corporation registered mitre.org in 1985 and the Aerospace Corporation registered aero.org in 1987. This idea that .ORG was
only for
non-profit organizations is an example of historical revisionism propogated by people who were not there at the time the TLDs were
created.
-- Michael Dillon - Internet & ISP
Consulting
Memra Communications Inc. - E-mail:
michael () memra com
http://www.memra.com - *check out the new name & new
website*
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- Re: WorldNIC Michael Dillon (Jun 10)
- Re: WorldNIC Eric Germann (Jun 10)
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- RE: WorldNIC Philip J. Nesser II (Jun 11)
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