>= Nick Andrew (nick§zeta.org.au):
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 09:35:23PM +1100, Geoff Huston wrote:
> > At 05:34 PM 1/31/00 +1100, Nick Andrew wrote:
> > >emu? wombat? come on ... geek.id.au is urgently needed!
> > 
> > bad move - all of a sudden you overload the name space with
> > extraneous baggage and connotation -
> 
> Looks like a case of horses for courses to me. One man's extraneous
> connotation is another's self-identity. I'd rather be identified with
> geeks than with wombats.
> 
> > and lets face it - geek.id.au is just sooo passe  :-)
> 
> No doubt cooler names are waiting to be delegated, as soon as somebody
> thinks of them. From my point of view, an id.au sub domain just isn't very
> attractive while the parent components are so, well, nondescript.

indeed why hitch yourself to a name space that views you as extraneous
baggage when u can get a tld that respects your right to self identification.

Vic

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