Re: monopoly of US on Internet Domains

[Padmanabha Rao <kvprao@igidr.ac.in>]

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excuse me, isn's there something called the benefits/advantages of
first-mover. Sometimes, we forget the histories of things and make
assertions such as this. In anycase every country has its exclusive super
domain (.in, .ch, .pk, ...) under which we can do/have what we want. Also,
the US is reported to be actively encouraging its institutions to get under
the .us domain.  And, btw, .edu is not reserved only for US colleges
(tiss.edu and ignou.edu are domestic examples). There seems to be little
reason in being bothered with such mundanes, I think. The Darpanet/internet
was never planned for the world; one ought to be grateful to the americans
that they threw open a valuable network for global use.

rao

  The GOV Domain is reserved exclusively for the United States Government.

  The EDU Domain is reserved for educational institutions in the United
States granting four-year degrees and is registered only through Network
Solutions.
  The MIL Domain is reserved exclusively for the United States Military.

  Shouldn't the rest of the world be protesting this?

  Arun Mehta, B-69, Lajpat Nagar-I, New Delhi-110024. Phone 6841172,
  6849103 http://www.ArunMehta.com


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