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.NAME at a Crossroads

Posted by michael on from the name-of-the-beast dept.

An anonymous reader writes "It seems the .NAME registry is at a crossroads. They say that things are going far from well, and so they have started their own registrar that is going to try to market .NAME domains to individuals, unlike all other registrars. If they don't manage, this will be the first gTLD to go bankrupt. I guess that will put a damper on any plans to introduce more new TLDs."

6 of 289 comments (clear)

  1. I want this URL by addaboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://whats.my.name/bitch or http://say.my.name/bitch

  2. We then need a new gTLD by spacefight · · Score: 5, Funny

    .bankrupt

    nuff said

  3. Anonymous.Coward.name by Fulkkari · · Score: 5, Funny

    No one seem to have registered Anonymous Coward, even though Slashdots seems to be full of people with this name. How is this possible? You would think that at least one of these several hundred Cowards would register with their name. Things must be going really bad for .name...

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    1. Re:Anonymous.Coward.name by random_rabbit · · Score: 5, Funny
      That reminds me. Last night my girlfriend said "I think that this Anonymous Coward guy spends far too much time on this site. He's all over it".

      I wanted to agree, but I was too busy getting beaten for laughing at her.

  4. Re:I'm too late by FearUncertaintyDoubt · · Score: 5, Funny
    My name has already gone so I couldn't have it even if I wanted it.

    I know how you feel. I got muscled out by that guy John Jacob Jingle Heimer Schmidt. His .name is my .name too.

  5. the.site.with.no.name by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    the.site.with.no.name - be a good Spagetti Western homage site.

    theyve.given.me.a.number.and.taken.away.my.name - The Prisoner and Secret Agent Man homage site.

    went.through.the.desert.on.a.horse.with.no.name - fan site for the band America.

    a.policeman.knew.my.name - Site for The Who.

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