Simple question about zone and CNAME

[Sam Wilson]

In article <mailman.49.1365191296.20661.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
 WBrown at e1b.org wrote:

> > >Incidentally, we have just been asked for an A record for cam.ac.uk to
> > >duplicate www.cam.ac.uk because, and I quote, "all the publicity 
> material
> > >sent out by the nominator [for an award for the web site] gave the URL
> > >as http://cam.ac.uk/ and this has been retweeted around".
> > 
> > Yes, sadly I've lost that technical battle with marketing several places
> > now.
> 
> And then there's theses folks:
> 
> http://no-www.org/ 

Is co-opting high-level name space for a single protocol a modern-day 
landgrab?  Discuss.  Points will be deducted for uncritical mentions of 
SRV records.

Sam

-- 
The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in
Scotland, with registration number SC005336.