Re: [atlarge-discuss] 006 Deciding Name...

["Ron Sherwood" <sherwood@islands.vi>]

Good morning, Judyth:

    I agree that the .org suffix is desirable.  However, owning both and
pointing .com to .org reduces the likelyhood of confusion, and of a
competing site.

Regards, Ron

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> At 13:18 -0400 2002/08/12, Hans Klein wrote:
> >I like the name "World At Large"/"World@Large"  (www.worldatlarge.org)
> >
> >I think it is important that we *not* use a ".com" extension.
>
> and I agree 100%. All over the world, ".com" means a commercial operation
and ".org" some kind of non-profit organization. Of all the "At Large"
variations, "www.worldatlarge.org" seems closest to the sense that the
organization is for everyone, even if it doesn't actually explain what we're
about.
>
> Regards,
>
> Judyth
>
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