[R] Re: New domain - r-project.org

[Peter Dalgaard BSA]

"UEBAYASHI 'UMA' Masao" <masao at nf.enveng.titech.ac.jp> writes:

> > The R Project now has its own internet domain, r-project.org.  The
> 
> Why did you choose 'r-project.org' inseted or 'r.org'?

We did think about that, but R.org is registered to IANA (Internet
Assigned Numbers Authority) as a reserved domain. (As is apparently
any single-character .org except x.org and a.org). It isn't getting
used for anything, but we didn't want to get into negotiations with
the IANA to get them to relinquish control.

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