Isn't it Jeffery Case that sez "as we say down on the farm, reality diverges greatly from reality"?

Has anyone ever heard of a .edu domain being delegated and subsequently revoked because the owner's organization was not a four-year degree granting institution??

yep. completely. [clipped from a posting to domain-policy from cambler@iodesign.com on 4/20]

Registrant: Zig Zag Corporation (WEB419-DOM) Suite 350, 60 Revere Drive Northbrook, IL 60062 US

Domain Name: WEB.EDU

Administrative Contact, Technical Contact, Zone Contact: Wolf, Scott (SW1802) scottwolf@MMQB.COM 847-831-0300 (FAX) 847-564-1199 Billing Contact: Wolf, Michael (MW215) info@INFO.VDC.COM 847-831-0300

Record last updated on 09-Apr-99. Record created on 09-Apr-99. Database last updated on 19-Apr-99 11:01:23 EDT.

Domain servers in listed order:

NS.ZIGZAGCORP.COM 209.218.19.6 NS2.ZIGZAGCORP.COM 209.218.19.18 NS1.HOME.NET 24.0.0.27 NS2.HOME.NET 24.2.0.27

and later that day, someone pointed out

Zig Zag Corporation (FURNITURE20-DOM) FURNITURE.EDU Zig Zag Corporation (DESIGN73-DOM) DESIGN.EDU Zig Zag Corporation (INTERNET254-DOM) INTERNET.EDU Zig Zag Corporation (COMPUTER76-DOM) COMPUTER.EDU Zig Zag Corporation (WEB419-DOM) WEB.EDU

someone at internic popped in a day later and said they'd all be removed. from poking at a copy of the edu zone file circa then, i can "derive" a long list of names that have been revoked. i'd suggest you also read domain policy, but the signal to noise ratio there makes this list seem like standing right next a speaker stack at a ministry concert in madison square garden. without earplugs. :) -- |-----< "CODE WARRIOR" >-----| codewarrior@daemon.org * "ah! i see you have the internet twofsonet@graffiti.com (Andrew Brown) that goes *ping*!" andrew@crossbar.com * "information is power -- share the wealth."