On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 1:28 AM, William Drake <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > On Jul 6, 2012, at 6:40 PM, McTim wrote: > > This may not be the only reason -- the outreach program was certainly > > pathetic, though it attracted not one but two applications for .africa -- > > > one actually > > and one for .DotAfrica. > > a clever way to avoid name collision. > > > 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!! -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel