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From: henry@mit-trillian.MIT.EDU (Henry Mensch)
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Subject: Re: Domains: Multiple names OK? (really, decommissioning of nicknames)
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Date: Mon, 8-Sep-86 17:37:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  8 17:37:33 1986
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In article <1053@decuac.DEC.COM> avolio@decuac.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
>
>Isn't all this sort of like what must've gone on with the evolution of
>telephone numbers?  It is *much* easier for a person to pick up a
>phone, tap the hook two or three times and say "Get me Mary Jones
>at the Algonquin Hotel."  

There is *nothing* that stops me from picking up the receiver, 
hitting the zero key, and telling the operator to "get me Mary Jones
at the Algonquin Hotel."  It simply costs more.

On the other end, bozo@seismo won't always mean bozo@seismo.css.gov;
the domain naming system isn't compatable with the old convention.  
Those who have always picked up the phone and asked for person A 
at place B can still do this, but folks who mail to bozo@seismo now 
have to mail to bozo@seismo.css.gov.  A change in action is required.
This is the difference.

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