Jon Pennington wrote:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, John P Carroll wrote:
What is the proper source for a US citizen to obtain a web address? What are the limitations and advantages to various suffixes other than .com (.net, .org)?
Contact the ISP that you plan on hosting your domain about this. They probably have a preferred registrar. As far as limitations and advantages, there are no limitations (except for .gov), but the advantage is proper marketing.
.com - Commercial Site .org - Non-Profit Organization .net - Network Service Providers (ISPs, backbones) .gov - Government Agency .edu - Educational Institute
I was under the impression that: .com was for multinational corporations .org was for international organisations .net was for international networks .int was for international governing bodies, etc. and so on for top level domains. And then after that everything was split into the .de, .nl, .uk, .us, etc. country domains (no offence if I've missed your country out!). The problem is that InterNic made a botch job of controlling who got what domain, so we've ended up in the mess that we're in. The top level .com, .net, etc. domains are *meant* to be for *international* companies/organisations/institutions, while country specifics go in the country domains. It's a shame that we in the US seem to be assuming the big top-level domains belong to us, e.g. that the .com domain is for *US* commercial organisations, when in fact we should be using the .com.us domain for 'Bubba's Cycle Store' in Smallville, Wyoming, not bubbacycles.com... Just my 0.02. Jack B. -- Jack Beaton jack_beaton@hotmail.com ** Linux - feel the power! ** ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/