RE: [ga] collisions in namespace (was gTLD Constituency)

["Jeff Field" <jfield@aaaq.com>]

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> From: owner-ga@dnso.org [mailto:owner-ga@dnso.org]On Behalf Of JandL
> Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 3:28 PM
> To: jfield@aaaq.com; Harald Tveit Alvestrand
> Cc: ga@dnso.org
> Subject: RE: [ga] collisions in namespace (was gTLD Constituency)
>
>
> Harald and Jeff,
>
> When you "upgrade" a PC with a newer motherboard or chip, video
> card, hard drive, you have gone to a different but better system
> with more functionality and capacity.  In software there are also
> "competitive upgrades" which means using a different program
> altogether.  You can upgrade a service by going to a more inclusive
> service, such as a better equipped auto repair center with more
> techs.  You upgrade your DNS by going to a better provider or one
> that is more inclusive, or by changing to a different type of DNS
> program altogether (in Unix, perhaps djbdns).
>
> Leah

Whatever...I'm done arguing the difference between what you call an upgrade
and what I would think most others would call an alternative...but I will
not back down on my belief that the site is misleading, especially to anyone
that goes there that is unfamiliar with the inner workings of the Internet,
i.e. 99% (or whatever the correct figure is) of Internet users.

Some time ago in the days of InterNIC, when the only place to go register a
name was www.internic.net, a company from Australia set up a website for
domain name registration using the web address, www.internic.com.  Although
they also had a few small print/buried disclaimers, there was also copy that
would lead many to think they had arrived at the official InterNIC site to
register domain names.  I believe they charged $250 to register a name when
the same thing could be done at the real InterNIC site for $100 (that was
the fee at the time).  The only mistake they made, going to .com instead of
.net cost them $150 for each name registered.  The site was eventually shut
down...in fact, I just found the old stories over at www.news.com (for the
full stories, search on "internic.com"):

Domain reseller confuses users - July 9, 1997
Internic.com clarifies disclaimers - July 11, 1997
FTC goes after domain broker - August 21, 1997
Domain registry charged with fraud - May 1, 1998
Bogus Australian domain registry blocked - June 8, 1999

The way in which information is presented at the alternative root .biz
registration site reminds me a lot of the internic.com scam.  And with that,
I'm done debating this issue.

Regards,

Jeff
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jeff field
925-283-4083
jfield@aaaq.com

> > At 22:49 12.04.2001 -0700, Jeff Field wrote:
> > >I've already stated my opinion as to the use of the term, "upgraded".
> > > FYI, here's the relavant dictionary definition I found:
> > >
> > >Upgrade - "To replace (a software program) with a more recently
> > >released, enhanced version."
> >
> > <humor>
> > I prefer the version I found in a dictionary written by frustrated
> > database users, circa 1985:
> >
> > "Upgrade - an arcane ritual in which a Database is sacrificed to the
> > great god Progress....." </humor>

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