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Re: WorldNIC

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Sobol)
Wed Jun 10 23:08:45 1998

Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 23:53:42 -0400
From: Steve Sobol <sjsobol@shell.nacs.net>
To: Greg Simpson <gws@sweet.com>
Cc: Jon Lewis <jlewis@inorganic5.fdt.net>,
        "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.980608233330.721A-100000@nofear.sweet.com>; from Greg Simpson on Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 11:35:08PM -0400

On Mon, Jun 08, 1998 at 11:35:08PM -0400, Greg Simpson wrote:

> Call me a whiner, but I still believe if .com is taken, you shouldn't 
> take the .org unless you're truly nonprofit.

.org was never meant as a domain for nonprofits; it was meant as a
catchall to be used when your organization didn't fit into .com, .net,
.edu or .gov.

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