Antony <antony&#167;sydney.healey.com.au> wrote:

> > This does *NOT* suddenly change the original intent of the DNS. It
> > was not designed to be a business registry.
> 
> Well, gee, the Internet was originally designed for, what was it ".. a means
> to keep reliable communications during war time." A military project. And
> bugger me, it's now gone commercial.

Uhuh.
 
> What makes you think any other product/service on it won't end up
> commercialised also?

"commercialised" ain't the point - design is. Typing domain names
ad infinitum into a browser to discover a company's Internet location
is not what the DNS was DESIGNED for ;-\

BTW: can you envision TCP/IP and the higher protocols being
"commercialized"?
 
> Quite frankly, I'm getting sick of the whole DNS/ANDA thing anyway. Much
> more and I think alot of people will be leaving the lists.

Bye then.

<APOLOGY> Getting a bit off topic </APOLOGY>

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