Jo Rhett wrote:
Bookworm wrote:
Just as a FYI, .com, .org, .edu, .mil, .gov, and .net were developed
by the US when DNS was first being conceptualized. There were
enough computers on the (D)ARPNET backbone that it was getting
confusing to track hosts files. At that point, there wasn't a .us,
.au, .gb, .de, or the others. Those came slightly later.
(trimmed)
Incorrect. .us has existed for nearly as long, but had really a fixed
3-layer structure that prevented most people from using it. The three
layers only had structure for states, cities, etc.
It meant to simplify, but it mostly confused non-techy people. Only
recently was .us normalized so that it could be used by .us companies.
"Nearly as long" - but not as long. Remember, when this started, all of
the people involved were inside of the US. That's why I said 'slightly'
later. (further in the email, I pointed to the site listing the
document that was used to come up with the country codes)
Troy
