Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>tually Joe, he's right. .com was for commercials and .org was for
>everything that didn't quite fit elsewhere.
>
>Postel and Reynold's laid this out in RFC 920...
>
> "Temporary
>
> ARPA = The current ARPA-Internet hosts.
>
> Categories
>
> GOV = Government, any government related domains meeting the
> second level requirements.
>
> EDU = Education, any education related domains meeting the
> second level requirements.
>
> COM = Commercial, any commercial related domains meeting the
> second level requirements.
>
> MIL = Military, any military related domains meeting the
> second level requirements.
>
> ORG = Organization, any other domains meeting the second
> level requirements."
>
>
>
True. But when a TLD is created for a purpose, that purpose should be
excluded from .ORG. Hence, .NAME removes the need to put personal
domains in .ORG, the existence of .COM means that a business entity
should not be able to register in .NET or .ORG just because its .COM
peer was taken, etc.
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