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#1 2008-11-08 13:36:31
Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
Now that Scratch is getting bigger, I thought it would be a step up if Scratch had it's own domain name instead of subbing off of mit.edu.
I see that www.scratchon.org is still available.
Any other suggestions? Ideas? Opinions?
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#2 2008-11-08 13:42:23
Re: Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
You know what would be a good domain name? http://scratchr.org
Hey wait a second...
Last edited by archmage (2008-11-08 13:42:47)
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#3 2008-11-08 14:23:08
Re: Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
archmage wrote:
You know what would be a good domain name? http://scratchr.org
Hey wait a second...
It looks like it does have a domain name. 
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#4 2008-11-08 15:26:02
- DarthPickley
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Re: Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
well, it is definitely not an organization. and it costs more money for a new domain name. And I have memorized scratch.mit.edu.
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#5 2008-11-08 15:28:38
Re: Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
DarthPickley wrote:
well, it is definitely not an organization. and it costs more money for a new domain name. And I have memorized scratch.mit.edu.
It costs like 10 bucks a year for a domain. Their server costs must be much higher than that.
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#6 2008-11-15 16:02:31
Re: Just thinking out loud, will Scratch ever get it's own domain name?
Since the Scratch Team has an operating budget of about thirty-seven cents per year (or so they say), and the work they do on the site and the program itself comes from the bottom of their hearts, I don't think there's any reason to change the domain name. When you Google "Scratch", our website comes to the top of the page. Besides, a ".com" domain suggests the site is trying to sell us something or advertise, which isn't the case. Plus the idea of being a .mit.edu subdomain makes us all look very intelligent
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