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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: search order: aaa.org --> www.aaa.org.edu (???)
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Re: lynx-dev LYNX: search order: aaa.org --> www.aaa.org.edu (???) |
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Tue, 4 May 1999 18:13:51 -0600 (MDT) |
In a recent note, David Combs said:
> Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:49:39 -0700
> > >
> > > (what's wrong with the www? Why do they allow that to be omitted?
> > > Couldn't that place that registers site names disallow names not
> > > prefixed by www? Oh well, marketing is everything. $$$$$.)
> > >
> > Ummm. Your site name seems to be "netcom.com". That doesn't
> > begin with "www". Should that be disallowed? Should sites
> > not beginning with "www" be forbidden to run a server on port 80?
> > What, exactly, are you wishing for?
> >
> > -- gil
>
> That's my EMAIL address.
>
No matter; it's a site; it's registered with NIC; they're allowed
to run an HTTP server on port 80 of that name (they probably wouldn't
want to); they have complete rights to that domain name and all its
subdomain names. How can anyone stop them? Why would anyone want to
try?
-- gil