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Probably because .py is paraguay, .pl is poland, .net is ... whatever.


Sure, but there's no .rb ccTLD, and since 4-, 5-, and 6- letter gTLDs exist, we could certainly have Kickstarter campaigns for .php, .html, .css, .perl, etc.

I guess .NET hackers are screwed though.


OMG!!! Imagine the amount of phishing that can be done with a .html TLD... hey access paypal.com.fantastic.promotion.html this would be horrible...


They're probably less screwed, cause they can register their domain today, provided it's still available.


  .dotnet


Actually, Microsoft owns ASP.NET - which is a site about ASP .NET




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