On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 02:47:46PM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote:
There are 208 billion eight letter domains in dotcom alone, that is enough
for twenty for every person on the planet.
If they become scarce for political reasons we can always create a new
hierarchy.
Domain names were implemented as a usability tool, to not to have to
remember IP addresses.
From that "208 billion eight letter domains in dotcom" only a vast
minority are according to the goal of domain names.
Usability has nothing to do with politics.
Or do you think your company would refuse trading the 8 letter domain
verisign.com
to
bxtzlftr.com
just for political reasons?
\Maex
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