Let's get a .mac top level domain! As in www.xyz.mac

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ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is inviting proposals for new sponsored top level domains.
This may be wishful thinking, but isn't that a chance to push for a .mac top level domain (TLD)?
I for one would VASTLY like the idea of having a domain of something.mac -- That's so much better than something.com in terms of spreading the love!

I see two options:
- Apple could initiate and sponsor this -- possibly with the option of giving their .mac subscribers actual joebloggs.mac domains with their subscription, which if you're asking me is LOTS better than homepage.mac.com/joebloggs. Of course, second level .mac domain registration should also be open to non-.mac users, for a non-excessive fee.
- A grassroots movement of Apple users could initiate and sponsor the process. That DOES however require quite a few people to really work on things (it's much easier for an existing company like Apple to do). And I for example simply can't at the moment even pledge any contribution in terms of time and effort (and definitely none in terms of money).

The ICANN announcement is at:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15dec03.htm

Jens

(previously posted at http://www.ropersonline.com/rcubed/#107652814204547996 and submitted to Apple and others)
 
sounds great. :)

and .gnu for opensource sites? .tux for linux only sites? :D

and .cum for pr0n sites? .wrz for warez... :p

hey, those would make life so much easier.

.. hm, those ideas above dont mean to laugh on your idea. I like it. I'd sure like a .mac domain
 
I think that when signing up for a .mac top-level domain, that Apple should give these .mac subscribers twice the features as normal .mac accounts: twice the hard disk space, and as many e-mail addresses as one wants to buy, etc.

Who knows? Some businesses that sell Macintosh products might like to use the .mac domain. I think Apple should also add tools to .Mac to make it easier to build e-commmerce websites and even make it compatible with third-party web development products. ;)
 
.mac => Mac sites
.win => Windows sites
.nix => UNIX/Linux sites
.bsd => BSD, FreeBSD, etc. sites
.sun => Sun workstation-based sites

Etc.

www.something.mac would be awesome.
 
yoursite.mac.com would be great too instead of the hompage.mac.com/~yoursite.
I'd promote a mysite.mac.com site more than I do my own registered domains, and just have it redirect. :)
 
ropers said:
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is inviting proposals for new sponsored top level domains.
This may be wishful thinking, but isn't that a chance to push for a .mac top level domain (TLD)?
I for one would VASTLY like the idea of having a domain of something.mac -- That's so much better than something.com in terms of spreading the love!

I see two options:
- Apple could initiate and sponsor this -- possibly with the option of giving their .mac subscribers actual joebloggs.mac domains with their subscription, which if you're asking me is LOTS better than homepage.mac.com/joebloggs. Of course, second level .mac domain registration should also be open to non-.mac users, for a non-excessive fee.
- A grassroots movement of Apple users could initiate and sponsor the process. That DOES however require quite a few people to really work on things (it's much easier for an existing company like Apple to do). And I for example simply can't at the moment even pledge any contribution in terms of time and effort (and definitely none in terms of money).

The ICANN announcement is at:
http://www.icann.org/announcements/announcement-15dec03.htm

Jens

(previously posted at http://www.ropersonline.com/rcubed/#107652814204547996 and submitted to Apple and others)
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The TLD .mac is already registered on http://manrow.com, with alternative rootservers worldwide giving access to the hidden internet.
For $1,000 you get your own TLD.

I registered the TLD .mp4 :D
 
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