Because domain name servers currently don't recognize (and won't propogate) domain names that end in something other than .com (.org., .net, .gov., .edu, etc). You'd type in www.jeffmills.cow and get a "page not found" error essentially.
______________________ Abraham Chandler Bates Protel Technology Inc. [800] 544-4186 http://www.protel.com ______________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf > Of cyborg elpH > Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 1:17 AM > Cc: 313 > Subject: Re: (313) Sony seeks musician domain names for life > > > > Are http://www.derrickmay.com/ and http://www.jeffmills.com/ > spoken for now? > > > > If Sony decides to "own" www.jeffmills.com, what's wrong with me starting > my own website called www.jeffmills.cow or something like that -- I mean > *it is* a different name. >
