RE: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS

["Cade,Marilyn S - LGA" <mcade@att.com>]

Thanks, Bruce, for digging this out. I remember seeing it, and it seems helpful to me in understanding that economic value has developed as domain names are used, and as trademarks are used as domain names.  Identity is important to companies, and to consumers who use that identify to find the business or non commercial entity they are seeking.

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce James [mailto:bmjames@swbell.net]
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 6:32 PM
To: GA
Subject: [ga] Original purpose of the DNS

The original purpose of the DNS was to provide identifiers for network
objects that are more easily remembered and enduring than the
numerical addresses and port numbers used by the network infrastructure.
However, domain names are now often used for purposes for which
they were *not* originally intended, such as searching, corporate
identification and marketing.  And certain domain names, especially
those in the .com top-level domain, have acquired substantial
economic value, leading to conflict and competition over their ownership
and a perceived scarcity of desirable names.

 

/Bruce