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From: brad@looking.UUCP
Newsgroups: can.general
Subject: Re: The Canadian Domain: Introduction to CA
Message-ID: <1152@looking.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 13:21:52 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 23 13:21:52 1987
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Reply-To: brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
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Organization: Looking Glass Software Ltd.
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I understand, with reluctance, why we might have followed the
suggestions in the various proposed standard and gone with "CA" for
a Canadian domain name.  But why on Earth should we use short two letter
postal service names for regional subdomains.

Instead of ON and PQ and AB what's wrong with "Ontario" and "Quebec" and
"Alberta?"   Computers are very good at arranging aliases.  Let the short
two letter names be aliases, defined at whatever level you want to define
them at.

(actually, Ontario and Quebec aren't that hard to type on their own.  Other
names, like British Columbia, Prince Edward Island etc. are more in need
of aliases.   Actually, "BC" and "PEI" are clear well known names for these
regions, so it doesn't matter much here.)

The point is, let the real names be clear and distinct.  Let the computer's
ability to alias take care of the short, typeable names.

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I was too busy when this was first discussed.  The postings were too long
and bureaucratic to read.  I regret this now.
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Brad Templeton, Looking Glass Software Ltd. - Waterloo, Ontario 519/884-7473