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ISOC gets .org
Posted by Paul Szynol on Monday, October 14 @ 15:17:18 EDT Governance
VeriSign will relinquish control to ISOC in January, Reuters reports, and, in exchange, retain its control of the .com domain.

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Re: ISOC gets .org (Score: 1)
by chrisnyls on Monday, October 14 @ 23:26:55 EDT
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I was just wondering if anyone else was aware that the .org name was not limited to non-profits. I had no idea and, quite frankly, I am surprised to learn this.


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