OK i see it now :)
>From: Ken Yap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Yap)
>To: Jo Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>CC: Sydney Linux Users Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: [SLUG] Re: OT: why the .com.au?
>Date: Fri, 19 May 2000 11:49:26 +1000
>
> >But surley all the domain name is is a link in the DNS server that points
>to
> >an IP address, so it shouldnt matter what the name is. I can see that
> >geographical info would be important for big companies, but for people
>who
> >just want a web site then anything should apply i think.
>
>It's more than just a link, it's a hierarchical name space and has
>nothing to do with geography. Think of this analogy: When your friend
>in say Finland sends you a letter, the Finnish PO reads the address and
>recognises the country and then forwards it to Australia. The Finnish
>PO doesn't have a DB of all the addresses in the world. Similarly no
>single database contains all the domain names of the Internet, it would
>be infeasable.
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