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Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
- Subject: Why is .gov only for US government agencies?
- From: ag4ve.us at gmail.com (shawn wilson)
- Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 05:58:01 -0400
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On Oct 19, 2014 9:53 AM, "Mike." <the.lists at mgm51.com> wrote:
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> I'd rather see .gov (and by implication, .edu) usage phased out and
> replaced by country-specific domain names (e.g. fed.us).
>
> imo, the better way to fix an anachronism is not to bend the rules so
> the offenders are not so offensive, but to bring the offenders into
> compliance with the current rules.
>
Bad idea. I'm betting we'd find half of gov web sites down due to not being
able to reboot and issues in old coldfusion and IIS and the like (and
needing to fix static links and testing etc). No, if it ain't broke don't
fix it.