As for US, Manning setup the only sane structure but it met with great disdain for some reason unknown to me. Too many dots is all I hear. Now it goes to the DOC and all those other three letters. Quite a loss to the community.
-Nathan Lane
POC (point of clarification) - I'm not sure which Manning you are refering to but being a bit hypersensitive here, I'd like to inject an alternative view. Jon Postel, Anne Cooper, and Steve Hotz are (I believe) are the culprits behind the US. domain. I touched it briefly on two occasions, once to check a capability (yes, the following domain label did exist: zz.yy.xx.ww.vv.uu.tt.ss.rr.qq.pp.oo.nn.mm.ll.kk.jj.ii.hh.gg.ff.ee.dd.cc.bb.aa.la.ca.us. :) and once to upgrade zones to add the cruft for bind 8. Lots more could be done to/for the US domain, IMHO its a shame that USC/ISI could/would not devote the resources to ensuring a quality product. One hopes for the best with the rebid. --bill