Re: lynx-dev LYNX: search order: aaa.org --> www.aaa.org.edu (???)

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In a recent note, David Combs said:

> Date: Tue, 4 May 1999 16:49:39 -0700
> > > 
> > > (what's wrong with the www?  Why do they allow that to be omitted?
> > > Couldn't that place that registers site names disallow names not
> > > prefixed by www?  Oh well, marketing is everything.  $$$$$.)
> > > 
> > Ummm.  Your site name seems to be "netcom.com".  That doesn't
> > begin with "www".  Should that be disallowed?  Should sites
> > not beginning with "www" be forbidden to run a server on port 80?
> > What, exactly, are you wishing for?
> > 
> > -- gil
> 
> That's my EMAIL address.
> 
No matter; it's a site; it's registered with NIC; they're allowed
to run an HTTP server on port 80 of that name (they probably wouldn't
want to); they have complete rights to that domain name and all its
subdomain names.  How can anyone stop them?  Why would anyone want to
try?

-- gil