I would wager that 95% of web users do not even know that IA exists, let alone that they can use it.

> Does it matter than what the current namespace is?

As long as it's the only thing a browser will consider to retrieve information, yes. Which is why cool URIs don't change.

You are far too optimistic. It's probably more like 99.999999%

That would mean only 80-odd people know about IA, which seems a tad low :P

That would mean only 80-odd people know about IA, which seems a tad low :P

I suppose that means that for most people, 99.9999% of the world's population don't know they exist. Interesting thought. I wonder which living person is known of by the largest percentage, and what that percentage is?

But branding, let alone domain names, is proof that namespaces matter. And have immense market value.