Hello Swerve,

Tuesday, June 26, 2001, 9:40:02 AM, Swerve wrote:

> snip.  response below.
>> 
>>> i'll be cryptic cause i am hungry.
>> 
>>> not sure of the .docs you are referring to re the genericness of .org...
>> 
>>> but historically/in day to day use .org was for non-profits  etc, and i
>>> believe one had to provide proof of this to netsol to get one.  netsol
>>> dumped this because it was too expensive/time consuming.
>> 
>> No.  This was never the case.  Always in RFC1591 .org was referred to
>> as the place for anything that didn't fit elsewhere.  Never was it
>> referred to as a place for non-commercial or non-profit only.
>> 
>> That is a myth.

> Probably not a bad myth.  It sure caught on like wild fire years ago.
> I am quite certain that Netsol checked years ago on .org submissions.
> (they may have just ignored the RFC.)
> However,  alot of time has passed, and i might be incorrect about that.
> Personally, i like .org.... it's so Not .com or .Net...

No, they really never did.

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