Re: heads up: internic changes

[Jim Jagielski <ji...@devsys.jaguNET.com>]

alex@tempest.nac.net wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 20 Mar 1999, Marc Slemko wrote:
> 
> > http://www.networksolutions.com/ with many or most of the old URLs
> 
> Does anyone remember the days when (1994 or so) you tried to register more
> than one domain for your company/corporation was met with a reply stating
> that this wasn't really allowed?
> 
> Now, on http://www.networksolutions.com homepage:
> 
> "Protect your Internet Brand", Consider securing your dot net and dot org
> Web addresses as well.
> 
> This is blasphemy. It appears the real reason they didn't want you
> registering them in the past is that you didn't pay for them; I guess now
> that you pay for them, they can recommend that you register as many as
> possible, since it is direct revenues.
> 
> It's sickening.
> 

Not only that, but it's against the whole idea of what the .com, .net and
.org levels mean.

Of course, it's what I expect from the kind of "company" that calls
themselves the "dot com" company on all those insidious commercials.
It's kind of like the Motor Vehicle Adminstration calling themselves
"the car company".

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