Because the poster chose to spin it this way, you now know about it... at least enough to make a snary comment.
To be sure, I first tried to post a newsier version, and it got rejected, rightly so. Slashdot has followed the Niue wifi story thus far, and the general phenomena of small island state TLDs, so these aspects are of interest here, while plain disaster isn't.
Niue is not actually going to fold, according to my reading of the news, but the idea was mooted.
As others have pointed out, a.nu domain does assist Niueans, rather than some large bullying corporation. That makes it a good thing.
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To be sure, I first tried to post a newsier version, and it got rejected, rightly so. Slashdot has followed the Niue wifi story thus far, and the general phenomena of small island state TLDs, so these aspects are of interest here, while plain disaster isn't.
Niue is not actually going to fold, according to my reading of the news, but the idea was mooted.
As others have pointed out, a .nu domain does assist Niueans, rather than some large bullying corporation. That makes it a good thing.