Re: [wg-c] .com vs. ccTLDs in Europe

["A.M. Rutkowski" <amr@netmagic.com>]

At 11:58 AM 10/21/99 , Milton Mueller wrote:
>Kent Crispin wrote:
>
> > Despite NSI's dreams to the
> > contrary, the explosive growth of the net was not driven by the
> > availability of domain names.
>
>Another typically fact-free assertion. The expansion of commercial and
>private (non-educational) http:// -based Internet content could not have
>happened had there not been a way to get domain names quickly and easily
>and cheaply. Try setting up a web site without one. (Sure it can be
>done--but no one does it. Think there's a reason?)

It should also be noted that the 1994 workshop was
sponsored by NSF, hosted by the IEEE involving many
parties, and NSI wasn't significantly involved.