[AfrICANN-discuss] on dots and cities

[Dr Yassin Mshana]

Hi,

I think I jumped the gun on this.

That seemed to be an easy catch.

My opinion is that other cities might be OK  but the <.la> in any form would
not work.

Cheers


On 14/05/07, Anne-Rachel Inné <annerachel at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You are all right in one way or another. The point was to show the
> differences ....but also somewhat of the passion about domain names in
> general and their perceived or actual marketability.... for best or worse
> depending on where you stand.
>
> cheers
> ar
>
> On 5/14/07, Calvin Browne <calvin at orange-tree.alt.za> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 14:19 +0300, Rebecca Wanjiku wrote:
> > > i think it also goes along way to demonstrate africa's slumber....
> > > we are still grappling with whether to support our ccTLDs while others
> > > have moved to cities
> > >
> > > i will not be surprised that some of us will dash to acquire these
> > > domains instead of supporting our own,
> > >
> > > bex
> >
> > <my opinions here>
> >
> > Before you go and believe this rubbish (that .LA is assigned to Los
> > Angeles) please have a look at http://www.iana.org/root-whois/la.htm .
> >
> > Basically, the domain for Lao People's Democratic Republic is being
> > marketed to the people of Los Angeles - in a manner that is questionable
> >
> > at best, and down right fraudulent as worst.
> >
> > regards
> >
> > --Calvin
> >
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