News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Guardian Moves to .com Domain. Parent comment

Re:The Guardian Moves to .com Domain by toble on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:29PM (#6128069)
The idea to use the top level was rejected, thankfully. I like the way the domains are categorised, so you can tell when something is a school, government, etc. It gives domains a certain level of assurance and authority.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Guardian Moves to .com Domain by icebraining on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:55PM (#6128255)
One think doesn't prevent the other; our governmental sites are still .gov.pt, even though .pt is open for registration.

It's just a matter of reserving those domains.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Guardian Moves to .com Domain by nly on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @12:44PM (#6128179)
> The idea to use the top level was rejected, thankfully.

It's still on their homepage (pink "Consultation" box) and the wording is "revised proposals". Worryingly they're also looking at introducing residency checks for individual registrations.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Guardian Moves to .com Domain by da_n on Tuesday July 30, 2013 @02:59PM (#6129221)
As icebraining says, there is no reason for the 2 to be mutually exclusive.
[ Parent | on HN ]