Hi,<br><br>I think I jumped the gun on this. <br><br>That seemed to be an easy catch. <br><br>My opinion is that other cities might be OK but the <.la> in any form would not work. <br><br>Cheers<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 14/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Anne-Rachel Inné</b> <<a href="mailto:annerachel@gmail.com">annerachel@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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.
<br><br>cheers<br>ar<div><span class="e" id="q_1128b6d864ecb1ae_1"><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 5/14/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Calvin Browne</b> <<a href="mailto:calvin@orange-tree.alt.za" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
calvin@orange-tree.alt.za</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 2007-05-14 at 14:19 +0300, Rebecca Wanjiku wrote:<br>> i think it also goes along way to demonstrate africa's slumber....<br>> we are still grappling with whether to support our ccTLDs while others<br>> have moved to cities
<br>><br>> i will not be surprised that some of us will dash to acquire these<br>> domains instead of supporting our own,<br>><br>> bex<br><br><my opinions here><br><br>Before you go and believe this rubbish (that .LA is assigned to Los
<br>Angeles) please have a look at <a href="http://www.iana.org/root-whois/la.htm" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.iana.org/root-whois/la.htm</a> .<br><br>Basically, the domain for Lao People's Democratic Republic is being
<br>marketed to the people of Los Angeles - in a manner that is questionable
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