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Re: au.com, aust.com, etc...

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From: MAVerick
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:00
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Why would an Australian company want a domain such as
xxxxx.aust.com anyway ???  There's enough bunnies who
post on Newsgroups thinking .aus stands for Austin TX.
Would'nt aust.com be just as bad if not worse ?

Only reason I can think of is to get a domain name that is
otherwise impossible in Australia due to how pedantic the
AUNIC domain aministrators can be (ie, steadfast adherance
to the company's name... often it is far more appropriate to
have a domain name that represents a Trademark, but it
cant be done in Australia).

Here's an example...  If National Panasonic were HQ'd in 
Australia, they would have to have a domain name reading
Matsushita.com.au   (and even that is an abbreviation that
they would have to fight for)...  what percentage of the public
would find that one by guessing ?

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