[35367] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: new.net: yet another dns namespace overlay play
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David R. Dick)
Wed Mar 7 17:40:55 2001
From: "David R. Dick" <drd@sii-nh.com>
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To: nanog@merit.edu
Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 17:36:13 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <200103060659.WAA27515@redpaul.mfnx.net> from "Paul A Vixie" at Mar 05, 2001 10:59:49 PM
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> [ this came from http://www.new.net/about_us_press.tp and appears not to be
> a joke. its operational impact will not be felt today, but if it's even
> moderately popular before it dies, operational impact WILL be felt. i'm
> quite surprised by some of the folks they list as their partners. --vix ]
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> Contact:
> Claudia de Llano or Lisa Doiron
> Connors Communications
> (310) 452-7540
> claudia@connors.com or lisa@connors.com
>
> Brad Copeland
> New.net, Inc.
> 626-229-7800
> pr@new.net
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> New.net Expands Internet Naming With Launch of 20 New Top-Level Domain Names
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> New Domain Name Registry's Technology Uses Existing Internet
> Naming System to Make Available Sensible, Meaningful Web Addresses
>
I wish more people would understand that just because
no one has implemented their idea before doesn't mean
that it wasn't thought of, then discarded as a bad idea.
Then again, that sort of humility is probably not
prevalent at a company named "IdeaLab!"
