On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:28 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> On Jul 6, 2012, at 6:40 PM, McTim wrote:
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> This may not be the only reason -- the outreach program was certainly
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> pathetic, though it attracted not one but two applications for .africa --
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> one actually
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> and one for .DotAfrica.
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> a clever way to avoid name collision.
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> I heard a story in Prague that the latter was actually a screwed up effort
> to apply for the former.   Seemed rather funny at the time but may be
> apocryphal, would be curious to know…


me too!!  Seems like a very curious and very expensive typo!!



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Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel