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Subject: Re: CS top-level domain and its impact on the UK?
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Date: 7 Aug 90 20:16:46 GMT
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Hi.  I agree with Peter Kirstein that there is a difficult debate about how
to transition the British from UK to GB.

I disagree that at the time the DNS was started that "The British chose
UK before the name GB had been standardised.".  This is total bunk.

There was some debate at the time that the proper choice was GB not UK,
and the ISO-3166 standard was in place at the time.  At that time, the
Internet authorities (being such nice folks) gave in and let the Brits
have it their way.  

The current mess may be a lesson about following the rules vs doing what
is convenient.

--jon.