Originally posted by dnslife
Very good insight! Have a look at this faq page when you get some time.
http://uniqueroot.com/faq.html
Very interesting. I hadn't seen that before. Thanks for the post.
It's pretty close to what I'd suggested, except more corporate oriented than individual since you have to manage/host a DNS server and zone file on your own.
I recently set up a DNS server on my company's network. I can it's easy to do
without a plugin for a corporate site with a DNS server. In doing a recent upgrade from a windows NT private domain network to a windows server 2003 domain using FQDN's, my own company was in effect using a "unique root" during the transition of our internal network. I now use a real FQDN instead, but had anyone else used that DNS server's IP's our old .uss internal domain would have been accessible over the internet much like the setup you linked above.
On a more individual basis, I see that new.net and the like could really do the same just by having willing users access their DNS servers instead of using the browser plugin and their ISP DNS servers. I think they prefer the browser control advantages they get with the plugin though.
Originally posted by bitshack
Brilliant idea Mark, as basically anyone can set up these ' fantastic ' new extensions maybe we should gather a group from NP and start our own
After all we have two established companies that are doing very well ( their figures ) and have missed a niche market .. which is one of the reasons they started in the first place.
I am sure we could find backing...
My point was really as illustrated in this analogy:
in effect new.net sees a huge market for apples. They can't grow apples, but found a lemon orchard. Instead of selling their harvest to makers of lemonade, candy, and cocktail bars, they are targeting consumers of apples, telling them they are round like apples and taste sweet like apples if you add enough sugar and water (plugins). Even though the lemons can't be used to make carmel lemons that will sell like carmel apples, they still think they have to market them just like apples. They are also priced twice that of the apples on the market, and are half the size of apples. Instead of marketing the unique tart flavor qualities of the lemon, they try to sell them as the sweeter apples. Apple juice is abundant and the public can drink it straight. Lemon juice takes some additives to make it tollerable, and some added hidden cost before it can be consumed. Yes, lemons are a smaller market and ususally not put in every lunchbox, but there is still a small but viable market for lemons as lemons, instead of a poor subsitute for apples.