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<P><FONT SIZE=2>You -could- always do the whois-type thing, where ALL records containing 'apple' are returned, on first access to the name?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-Mat Butler</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Simon Lockhart [<A HREF="mailto:simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk">mailto:simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 2:32 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: richb@pioneer.ci.net</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cc: nanog@merit.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: new.net </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>>Therefore any company which creates a broader hierarchy is not motivated</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>by what's best for Internet users, who are best served by a simple</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>>hierarchy (IBM is IBM is IBM no matter what you append to it). </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Okay. You picked an example which proves your point. However, there's </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>plenty of exceptions. Who should have "apple" in this flat namespace? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Apple Computers? Apple Records? Apple Fruitstore?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>While the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) is a fairly well-known </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>name worldwide, what gives us more claim to "bbc" in the flat namespace </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>than "Big Blue and Cousins" or "Baptist Bible College" (bbc.org and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>bbc.edu respectively)? Have we now got bbc.com because we had a greater </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>claim to it, or because we had the better lawyers?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Simon</FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Simon Lockhart | Tel: +44 (0)1737 839676 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Internet Engineering Manager | Fax: +44 (0)1737 839516 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>BBC Internet Services | Email: Simon.Lockhart@bbc.co.uk </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Kingswood Warren,Tadworth,Surrey,UK | URL: <A HREF="http://support.bbc.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank">http://support.bbc.co.uk/</A></FONT>
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