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Government Finishes Internet Study -- 7 years late

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-started-about-the-same-time-as-slashdot dept.

djp928 writes "A study commisioned by Congress in 1998 to report on internet traffic has finally been published -- 7 years, two presidents, and one internet boom/bust later. Some of their findings include "DNS is good" and "We should probably have some more TLDs""

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  1. Re:no more TLDs, please by cmburns69 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The problem is that nobody thinks "The company I'm looking for is an aerospace company, so I'll try name.aero". Everybody tries name.com, name.net and finally name.org (generally in that order).

    It is the classic chicken and egg problem. Until the general population knows how to use TLD's properly, companies will not start using them properly. But companies will not start using them properly until the general population knows how.

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  2. Dejavu! by Orangez · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Quote from the article: "To be honest, most people forgot it was ever going to happen" [end quote]. I'm still counting on that every time a deadline arrives...

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