A minor correction, CORE hasn't quite got hold of .com, .net or .org just yet :-) The final selection of the names of the seven new generic top level domains is still under discussion within iPOC. Currently proposed are: .firm for businesses, or firms .store for businesses offering goods to purchase .web for entities emphasizing activities related to the World Wide Web .arts for entities emphasizing cultural and entertainment activities .rec for entities emphasizing recreation/entertainment activities .info for entities providing information services .nom for those wishing individual or personal nomenclature, i.e., a personal nom de plume Leni. Paul Montgomery wrote: > Of interest to this list is the (incomplete) list of 41 registrars who > > applied to the IPOC (ex-IAHC) for .com, .edu, .org etc - only > Melbourne > IT and Leni's Top Level Registries are Australian: > > http://www.gtld-mou.org/docs/reg-results.html > > And here's a story from TechWire about it: > > http://192.215.107.71/wire/news/1997/10/1017reg.html > > -- > Paul Montgomery, Net journalist for PC Week, lives like a JavaBean. > mailto:monty§apnpc.com.au Tel: +61-2-9936-8793 Fax: +61-2-9955-8871 > ___________________________________________________________________ > "Hell and heaven, not after death but now! Depression, all mental > illness, was the sinking. And the other... how was it achieved?" > The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Philip K. DickReceived on Mon Oct 20 1997 - 19:04:07 UTC
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