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On Thu, 27 Jul 1995, Mike Lawrie wrote: > Michael Dillon writes:- > > > I think the key is to let people choose. The county name system and the > > .FAM system do not give people a choice. If cousin Ned wants to be in the > > .KLINGON domain and Aunt Sarah wants to be in the .SEWMISTRESS domain, > > why not let them? Realistically, in order to keep the root under control > > these should be .KLINGON.ROLE and .SEWMISTRESS.ROLE but maybe Aunt Martha > > is happy with the .SMITH.FAM domain. > > Hmm. If you are looking for ideas (who said that they had to be good? > what's good about a geographic/city split anyway?), why not have > <SURNAME>.US, and let the family tree start to hang together. If there > are, say, too many DILLON.US branches of the family, then the Dillons > themselves can split this by whatever method suits them. If there are > strong ties with those Dillons who arrived in 1687, then 1687.DILLON.US > could be used, if the Dillons in Boston form a unit, then > BOSTON.DILLON.US and so what if someone moves out of Boston, they still > have the same family relationship. I live in Canada, my father came from Ireland. Do we really need DILLON.US, DILLON.CA, DILLON.IE, DILLON.ZA? Wouldn't DILLON.FAM just do as well? Michael Dillon Voice: +1-604-546-8022 Memra Software Inc. Fax: +1-604-542-4130 http://www.memra.com E-mail: [email protected]
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