RE: org.gnu vs. gnu

[Pohl_Longsine]

> I wonder how loud the hue and cry would be if 
> Microsoft decided to arbitrarily use a top-level 
> package name 'microsoft.*' 

I would have no problem with it, but...

> but I *DO* know that even they use com.ms 
> (which is wrong, but at least closer)

I have a real problem with this, because they've
screwed the Morgan Stanley Group's implicit 
claim to that package name (see whois ms.com).
Creating one's own top-level package name doesn't
have that side-effect.