[plug] Internet domains

[Richard Meyer]

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 20:36 +0800, Gavin Chester wrote:
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>    >From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au]On
>    >Behalf Of Richard Meyer
>    >Sent: Friday, 17 March 2006 20:17
>    >To: plug at plug.org.au
>    >Subject: Re: [plug] Internet domains
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>    >Thanks to Gavin, Nikhil and Paul - it's basically what I suspected
>    >
>    >But looking at .net, .org. and .info, it looks like there's not that
>    >much distinction as to what is the "right" domain - any of those would
>    >be equally applicable for a personal domain.
>    >
>    >Thanks, guys.
>    >--
>    >Richard Meyer <meyerri at westnet.com.au>
> 
> At the risk of flogging a dead horse on this subject, I just want to clarify
> what you say above.  The precedent set from the early days of the Internet
> was that dot net was for technological/IT companies (eg, iinet), dot com for
> regular businesses/corporations, and dot org for non-profits.  New ones like
> dot info and dot biz are just new revenue streams to supplement those
> traditional tlds.  But these days, it's open slather, really, and if you
> find your name is already registrable in dot com (it happens!) then just try
> another TLD.

Yeah, I took a search for the domain I wanted, and it was gone
under .com, and .org, but some bunch of SOB's was prepared to sell it
under .net (but the minimum is $888 - so they can shove it). It is
available under .info, and a horde of other TLD's, but I wanted a bit of
advice before I went and registered it, and found out that that was only
for (NAME THE EXCUSE YOU WANT), and it was not for me.  Thanks to
all ....
> 
> That's my last word, promise (I'm a bit talkative after Fri afternoon
> drinks)

On Saint Patrick's Day even ;-)
> 
> Gavin.

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