[35323] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (bert hubert)
Tue Mar 6 21:16:15 2001
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 00:59:29 +0100
From: bert hubert <ahu@ds9a.nl>
To: nanog@merit.edu
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In-Reply-To: <20010305233017.C351@tch.org>; from ser@tch.org on Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:30:18PM -0800
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On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 11:30:18PM -0800, Steve Rubin wrote:
> I thought VC's started doing research before handing out $$? If this was
> 1999, it wouldn't surprise me. But my god, you would think these fools
> would learn. Anyone want to start a free colocation facility? Free dial,
> free colo, whats the difference. I'm sure whoever funded New.net will
> fund us!
If you get IE to support these newfangled fake TLDs, noone will know the
difference. The only thing that wouldn't work for >95% of the internet would
be email.
Get hotmail and yahoo to support it, and the rest of the world is forced to
go along.
This is no joke - it's an expensive gamble, which is what VCs are good at.
Regards,
bert hubert
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