Wired: A Ralph Nader [Domain Name] Plan That 'Sucks' | Linux Today

Wired: A Ralph Nader [Domain Name] Plan That ‘Sucks’

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 2, 2000

“Critics, malcontents, and disgruntled employees would be
able to register domain names like microsoft.sucks and
mcdonalds.sucks, according to a proposal from two organizations
that Nader heads.”

“On Wednesday, they sent a letter to ICANN asking permission to
set up a service that would provide 10 new top-level domains,
including .union, .sucks, .ecology, and .complaints.”

“The idea, according to Jamie Love of the Consumer Project on
Technology, is to create non-corporate discussion and organizing
areas ‘to enable citizens to improve civil society.’ “

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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