Re: [libreoffice-marketing] new domain suffix rules so we could have a .libro domain suffix if we paid big bucks

Le 2011-06-21 09:30, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions a écrit :
> There are new domain suffix rules so if LibreOffice could have a 
> .libro domain suffix, but it is very expensive.  $185,000.
>
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20110620/D9NVMEF80.html
>
> Maybe one day it would be lower costing, like .com or .org.
>
> I wonder which country has the .lo domain suffix?  It would be 
> interesting to have that suffix since LO is one of the abbreviations 
> for LibreOffice.
>
> The article stated it took 6 years to decide this new rule[s].  There 
> are over 300 domain suffixes, with the bulk being country codes.  The 
> article stated that suffixes like .apple, .ipad, .lego and other 
> business or product names could be used, as long as there is not 
> trademark or copyright infringement.  .bank and .hotel could be used 
> for those type of businesses.  Well after the powers-that-be approved 
> .xxx for a domain suffix, this move to business and company name 
> suffixes was the next step.
>
> So what do you think?  Would it be a great marketing "tool" to have a 
> LibreOffice domain suffix?  I know that .TV is being used for 
> marketing and that domain is for a small island government.  I wonder 
> which country uses .lo and would registration of that .lo suffix would 
> be possible at all.
To me, getting a ".libreoffice" would be worth the expense.

Cheers

Marc

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