] On Tue, 24 Oct 2000 m§rk.net wrote:
] 
] > 
] >    >I notice that the ACTU want to get a .union TLD and for
] >    >people who really want a 1:1 of something a TLD such as this
] >    >makes much more sense. Bring on the .abn.au TLD and let the
] >    >..com.au map resources generic or otherwise.
] > 
] > What would you put under the .abn.au domain? ABNs? www.69612362766.abn.au
] 
] I wasn't thinking the abn specifically, yes you are right
] the actual abn would be a bit silly. What I was getting at
] was another TLD for the 1:1 map of company names, abn seemed
] a choice given its new role in Australian business.

Are you familiar with plc.uk and ltd.uk?

I understand the UK decided to set them up with this notion of a
1:1 map of company names.  The funny thing is, most people seem to
prefer using co.uk, because it is what everybody else uses.  Perhaps
there is a lesson there for people wanting to introduce new gTLDs...

For stats on *.uk, see
	http://www.nominet.org.uk/news/stats/stats.2000.html
plc.uk+ltd.uk combined look like about 0.3% of co.uk.

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 David Keegel <djk&#167;cyber.com.au>  URL: http://www.cyber.com.au/users/djk/
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