[ih] Dot Com etc

[Richard Bennett]

Far as I can tell, the only advantage of the TLD cluster we have is that 
it simplifies the name management contracting space. If that's not an 
issue, a pure Grapevine seems to make a lot more sense. Given that 
everybody wants a .com, even for non-profits, we're essentially still 
using ARPANET host names anyhow.

On 1/20/2010 11:07 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> On 1/20/2010 12:37 PM, bboliek at catalpacreek.com wrote:
>> Does anyone know why .com; .edu and .gov were chosen? I know it seems
>> simple, but why .com instead of something like .biz?
>
>
> Universities, organizations, and sometimes governments are biznesses.
>
> "commercial" correctly identifies the caste somewhat uniquely.
>
> But the answer to your question is "I don't know."
>
> The bigger question is "why either one".  September would have 
> eventually ended it they had been thinking better.
>

-- 
Richard Bennett
Research Fellow
Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
Washington, DC