> On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 7:51 AM, Sean Sprague > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ché, > > > >> As for "business hours" - please define the os.org > business hours, with a worldwide community that is > 24/7 > >> > > > > os.org? I am sure that it is in Dennis's long-term > plans to take over > > os.org; but for the moment it is just genunix.org > (well not "just", of > > course...) ;-) > > My attempts to register os.org back in 2004 were > thwarted by a > registration process that claims all 2 letter domains > are restricted > and all one letter domains are reserved by the > highest levels of the > internet. When I point out HP.com they tell me .. > well .. that is a > billion dollar corporation. When I point out X.org > they say "well, > that is just very very old." > > Me : So can I register OS.org to an open source > project ? > > Them : No. > > [ I stare at my phone ] > Me : Well why is that ? > > Them : just 'cause. That's why. > > Essentially there are no rules. Just money in a > crooked process.
Well...speculative registering of domain names sucks (although you have to figure that anything scarce will in some sense or another have a price, which isn't necessarily crooked; a kinder word might be enterpreneurial). But some googling found me a more detailed explanation that seems not to have so much to do with that, save perhaps to avoid it for those names it reserves: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-letter_second-level_domains which also referenced the external link http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/unsponsored/registry-agmt-appk-26apr01.htm This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
