Dominic Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:15:27AM +0000, Michael Stevens wrote:
> > On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 10:06:07AM +0000, Paul Mison wrote:
> > > On 22/02/2001 at 16:24 +0000, Dave Cross wrote:
> > > >IIRC we also investigated the possibility of registering pm.org.uk,
> > > >but Nominet have a silly rule that prevents anyone from having third
> > > >level domains with only two characters :(
> > > But organisations as diverse as the British Library, Parliament, the
> > > police and the NHS all get second level domains in the UK heirarchy.
> > > Grr. Argh. (The British Library can be found at http://bl.uk/ which is
> > > probably the shortest possible UK web server address.)
> >
> > That's for legacy reasons, IIRC.
>
> There's still a lot of suckage there. Do our beloved[1] leaders really
> need:
>
> gov.uk
> govt.uk
> parliament.uk
>
> ?
There is a distinction to be drawn (which is kind of important,
especially if you're a member of the opposition) between parliament.uk
and gov.uk. Dunno what govt.uk is doing there though.
--
Piers
