UKNM: .cc you in the beautiful CoCos Islands

[atwater]

The following link takes you the FAQ of a registrar for the .cc domain. Reading their info, it looks as if this has been a well-thought out plan to make a minor TLD that they can control into the next .com.


http://www.spot.cc/ccfaqs/


They could just have easily picked on some place like the Falkland Islands, Andorra, or my personal favourite .cs -- the former Czechoslovakia, now no longer used.


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From : Phil Gyford <philgyford [dot] com>

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Date : 20 April 2000 15:59:55

Subject : RE: UKNM: �cybersquatter�

At 11:45 am +0100 2000-04-20, Wallace, Darren wrote:

>>Why would Texans want a .cc domain?

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>>Does .cc have some local significance?

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>Not that I'm aware of.

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>But hey, it's a demonstration of the wonderful power of marketing!

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