[OFF-TOPIC] RE: com.google how did they do that

[Stuart Browne]

.ibm, .cisco, .apple, .google, .sucks, .melbourne and many hundreds of others have been applied for and hundreds already delegated into the root.  '.hp' was deemed too short (must be at least 3 characters). 

See https://gtldresult.icann.org/application-result/applicationstatus for the new TLD's and where they are up to (or http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/ for details about the program in general).

-----Original Message-----
>Am 01.04.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Thomas Schulz:
>> As of the time I am sending this, you can point your browser to
>> http://com.google and get a web page. How did they get com.google
>> to resolve?
>
>.google is just another new TLD

Wow.  I see the trend now -- .hp, .ibm, .cisco -- everyone will now have
www.company.  (Please, let's not.)

..then again, I'd claim .evil if I had a few billions.