Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!sun!hoptoad!pozar From: pozar@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Pozar) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Fidonet domain naming Message-ID: <2024@hoptoad.uucp> Date: Mon, 20-Apr-87 11:44:18 EST Article-I.D.: hoptoad.2024 Posted: Mon Apr 20 11:44:18 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Apr-87 03:09:54 EST References: <149@4gl.UUCP> <108@hobbes.UUCP> <1589@hplabsc.UUCP> Reply-To: pozar@hoptoad.UUCP (Tim Pozar) Organization: Syncstream (San Francisco) Lines: 32 Xref: mnetor comp.mail.headers:185 comp.sys.ibm.pc:3428 > From: mark@cbosgd.UUCP > FIDO.ORG is a concept that might fly, after all, FIDO is an organization > and all the proposed subdomains are members of the organization. Also, > UUCP is putting hobbyists who want domains in 3rd level domains under ORG... The only thing I can add to that (not knowing completely how the net gods work) is that FIDO is NOT an organization. IFNA is an organization that is a support group for FIDO, but FIDO is a net. Any one wanting to apply to the net and showing the ability to be able to send/receive mail can join. There are no fees collected by IFNA. The system is totally free and very anarchistic. If we are baseing the name of the gateway on FIDO (not IFNA) the better name would be .NET. Also, I'm not sure what you consider hobbyists. If you mean people that are doing this non-professionally or with out pay, or are neophytes, think again. The net contains individuals from 15 year olds to corperations like BYTE, USR, PC-WEEK, US Forest Service (the goverment list is too long to list here), Electric Companies, Radio Stations from KLOK-FM (San Francisco) to Radio Netherlands, and software companies like Phoenix. There are several companies also makeing their bread and butter with the net. Although commercial advertising is discouraged, shareware is encouraged. I do not see the difference between UUCP and Fido on this matter. I have noticed that UUCP seems to be less willing for change or progress. -- Tim Pozar UUCP pozar@hoptoad.UUCP Fido 125/406 USNail KLOK-FM 77 Maiden Lane San Francisco CA 94108