[dfdl-wg] domain name - dataformat.org

[mike.beckerle at ascentialsoftware.com]

I have discovered that if you let a domain expire somebody always snaps it
up.

I'll check into parking dfdl.info

...mikeb 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Westhead [mailto:martinwesthead at yahoo.co.uk] 
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 12:04 PM
> To: mike.beckerle at ascentialsoftware.com
> Cc: dfdl-wg at gridforum.org
> Subject: Re: [dfdl-wg] domain name - dataformat.org
> 
> mike.beckerle at ascentialsoftware.com wrote:
> >  
> > I was checking into domains, as we've been writing things like 
> > dfdl.org into example code and slideware.
> >  
> > dfdl.org is owned by some french or swiss foundation.. As a result 
> > dfdl.com/.net are owned by some web-name extorter. (For any 
> .org name 
> > you'll find highly likely that the .com and .net of the 
> same name are 
> > reserved by some company which will charge to sell it to you.)
> 
> That's annoying. I know that dfdl.org was available when I 
> chose the name, and I bought the domain at the time as a 
> place holder. My ownership must have expired...:(
> 
> I notice that dfdl.info is still available perhaps you could 
> get ascential to park that one too?
> 
> Also if we were to spell it dafodel (Um yuk), dafodel.org and 
> dafodel.com are (not surprisingly still available).
> 
> Martin
>