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[ih] Dot Com etc

bboliek at catalpacreek.com wrote:
> Funny. It's something we use everyday, but noone seems to know exactly
> why it was chosen. Maybe Jon Postel, knew but he's gone, of course.
> Joyce Reynolds may know, but I haven't been able to get in touch with
> her. I found a pargraph about it in RFC920, but no realexplanation as to
> why.


You may recall that back in the day, the NSFnet carried research and 
educational traffic and was embargoed from carrying COMmercial traffic. 
  I've always thought that Jon was simply embodying that.

Just a theory, tho...
Tho