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Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
From: Paige Thompson <paigeadele () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:15:10 +0000
On 10/19/14 12:42, Donald Eastlake wrote:
Why is the Greek flag always flow at the Olympics as well as the Olympic and host nation flags? Why is Britain the only country allowed, under Universal Postal Union regulations to have no national identification on its stamps used in international mail? Basically, if you are first, you tend to get extra privileges. Same with .gov for the US government. Thanks, Donald ============================= Donald E. Eastlake 3rd +1-508-333-2270 (cell) 155 Beaver Street, Milford, MA 01757 USA d3e3e3 () gmail com On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Matthew Petach <mpetach () netflight com> wrote:Wondering if some of the long-time list members can shed some light on the question--why is the .gov top level domain only for use by US government agencies? Where do other world powers put their government agency domains? With the exception of the cctlds, shouldn't the top-level gtlds be generically open to anyone regardless of borders? Would love to get any info about the history of the decision to make it US-only. Thanks! Matt
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- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Franck Martin (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Paige Thompson (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? David Conrad (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Jim Popovitch (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? William Allen Simpson (Oct 19)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? ITechGeek (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Rob Seastrom (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Bryan Fields (Oct 20)
- Re: Why is .gov only for US government agencies? Warren Bailey (Oct 20)