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patdennis
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Lessons for uncultured web developers
The fact that the US doesn't use its country TLD is analogous to the way that the UK doesn't have to specify their country name on their postage stamps.
You get certain privileges for pioneering the development of a communications system, I guess.
Semiapies
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Also, the sheer PITA nature of the .us domain, early on, when it was hard to get a .us address if you weren't a state or municipal government.
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You get certain privileges for pioneering the development of a communications system, I guess.