Why is .gov only for US government agencies?

Wed Oct 22 05:43:05 UTC 2014

it was at ietf-9, while jon and i were discussing the {features|flaws} 
of iso3166-1, that another contributor approached us and ... spoke to 
the unfairness, as argued by that contributor, of the armed forces of 
the united kingdom being excluded from the use (as registrants) of the 
.mil namespace.

i suggest the question is asked and answered, and as i offered slightly 
obliquely earlier, the policy of an agency of government committed to 
commercial deregulation (since the second clinton administration), in 
particular use of .us, may not be the policy of the government in 
general, nor the policy of an agency of government otherwise tasked, 
e.g., the department of defense.

On 10/21/14 10:25 PM, ITechGeek wrote:
> Instead of multiple govs trying to use .gov or .mil, the best idea would be
> to collapse .gov under .gov.us and .mil under .mil.us

could we now put a good night kiss on the forehead of this sleepy child 
and let him or her dream of candy and ponies?

-e