[ILUG] [ot] .eu...

[Thomas Bridge]

Noel Carroll wrote:
 
> I just remember looking at local places like
> ennistymon.ie and lisdoonvarna.ie and wondering how they managed to do that.

Either you misread the sign or they were cowboys - I've just checked,
neither of those two .ie domains are registered.

[Rant about people being allowed to register townnames.ie deleted for
the obvious reason that its irrelevant and untrue]

Kevin Lyda wrote:

> > so, any word about this new .eu domain?  will it have the same
> > ridiculous restrictions as .ie?

It should have the same rules as .ie.  There's simply no point having
yet another free for all TLD.

> > (case in point:  i actually work for doolin technologies, not
> > itg.  when
> > my boss tried to get a domain name he was offered
> > doolintechnologies.ie.

And what domain name did he want?   Doolin is a place, the rules are
very clear on this and have been for years.   The rules which by the way
were drawn up by the Irish Internet Community.

T.

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