All,
I would say that news.com's article that William posted needs
a bit more research, as it does not jive with Melbourne IT's own
announcement which I posted yesterday I believe.
There is also another copy (Exact) of Melbourne IT's own announcement
available at www.businesswire.com as well...
And yes WIlliam, FACTS are difficult things to come across
in internet news articles... One should never use them as their
ONLY basis of information as they are sometimes not very
FACTUAL.
William X. Walsh wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:48:18 +0100, Jeff Williams
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >All,
> >
> > Intreating musing. This is not what their press release stated....
>
> Perhaps you should read the news more often. I posted a story well
> over a week ago from news.com about them beginning to accept
> registrations, but only from their partners.
>
> Perhaps your "musings" need to be more grounded in fact?
>
> >William X. Walsh wrote:
> >
> >> So far they are only permitted registrations from their "partners."
> >> They are expected some time this week or next to open registrations to
> >> the public though.
> >>
> >> On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 14:19:18 +0100, Jeff Williams
> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Ben and all,
> >> >
> >> > Nice job Ben, seems to work pretty well and isn't all that slow
> >> >as you seem to indicate. However you only check NSI and
> >> >Register.com. Didn't you get the announcement on Melbourne
> >> >IT yet?
> >> >
> >> >Ben Edelman wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Currently it seems that there is no single authoritative WHOIS. Rather,
> >> >> each registrar keeps its own data of its own registrants. This makes it
> >> >> difficult to figure out whether a domain is truly available for
> >> >> registration, so we've rigged up a search system to simultaneously query all
> >> >> operating testbed registrars for information about a given domain.
> >> >>
> >> >> The system is totally experimental -- perhaps it has bugs we don't know
> >> >> about, it's certainly a little sluggish, and the formatting still leaves
> >> >> something to be desired. We may not keep it up in the long term, but at
> >> >> least for now we think it may be helpful.
> >> >>
> >> >> I welcome any comments (on- or off-list) about the script, interface, or
> >> >> concept in general. In particular, I'm interested in other Testbed
> >> >> Registrars that are already accepting registrations and have WHOIS data
> >> >> available about their registrations; if anyone knows of additional such
> >> >> registrars, please send details.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Experimental Cross-Registrar WHOIS is at
> >> >> <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/icann/whois>.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ben Edelman
> >> >> Berkman Center for Internet and Society
> >> >> Harvard Law School
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >>
> >> --
> >> William X. Walsh
> >> General Manager, DSo Internet Services
> >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
> >>
> >> "The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
> >> characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
> >> --Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
> >
> >Regards,
>
> --
> William X. Walsh
> General Manager, DSo Internet Services
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
>
> "The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
> characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
> --Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
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