Re: gsworldmag online....where...problems with it?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Kelly Hall replied:

>Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> Roger Johnstone wrote:
>>>New Zealand uses nz. za belongs to South Africa. Why za? I have no idea.
>> 
>> The two-letter country domain name space is quite crowded,
>> and there is, no doubt, an earlier contender for "sa", even if
>> South Africa wanted it.  A study was recently published showing
>> that most countries will now have to settle for their second or third
>> choices.
>
>South Africa is 'za' for the same reason Spain is 'es': because it makes 
>perfect sense in the local language ("zuid afrika" and "espana", 
>respectively).  Sheesh, people.  Get out more.

I get it, Kelly.  Note that I said "even if South Africa wanted it".

My point is that the two-letter namespace is quite crowded and
countries don't get their first choices often any more.

-michael

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