Re: lynx-dev Re: resolving weird URL types

[Doug Kaufman]

On Thu, 13 May 1999, Philip Webb wrote:

> > If the answers are different, please explain the rationale
> > for treating Rogers University differently from Stanford University,
> > based on the overlap of the middle qualifier of the name
> > of one of them with a particular country code.
> 
> because countries like Russia are a lot more important
> than minor US universities or even well-known ones like Stanford.
> isn't that obvious?

Just to add some confusion, country codes aren't always what they
seem. Moldova is now selling domain name service to physicians and
health related organizations in the US (and presumable elsewhere), so
that they can have a URL ending in ".md". The assumption is that most
net naive users will think that ".md" has to do with a medical degree,
rather than a country name.
                                 Doug
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