Yesterday Canon announced that it will try to acquire the “.canon” domain. The reasoning being:
Canon hopes to globally integrate open communication policies that are intuitive and easier to remember compared with existing domain names such as “canon.com.”
As I prepared to rant my heart out, I recalled that 25 years ago this week, the first .com domain name was registered.
It struck me that my feelings towards messing with top level domains where comparable to what purist thought of allowing commercial presence in the beginnings of internet.
So, rather than sounding like Dvorak, I say good riddance to them and I welcome a future of s90.canon, books.amazon and iMac.apple.
