> Wouldn't it be nicer if there were some directory of company name and > product names that would map to URLs, with spelling correction, > approximate matching, so that companies wouldn't feel compelled to > create domain names 'toothpaste.com', 'pimples.com', 'toystory.com', > and 'nikecommercial.com' just in case? Actually, that's a very good idea. But, in essence, that would be _another_ naming system, similar to the current domain name, that would act as a front end _to_ the current domain name system. Now you look up www.citibank.com, but with this suggestion, you would look up Citibank which would look up www.citibank.com. > > Actually, having 'FOO' expand to > "http://search.yahoo.com/bin/search?p=FOO" might be the simplest way > to go. I think this is more in tune with what you want. Isn't Yahoo! like the service you provide above (though perhaps not as complete). Adam .............................................................................. Adam Donahue Weinstein Center Distributed Computing & Appt. 703, 5-11 Univ. Pl. Information Services (ACF) New York, New York 10003 mailto: adam.donahue@nyu.edu phone number: 212.443.6925 ..............................................................................Received on Saturday, 13 January 1996 21:59:32 GMT
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