"William X. Walsh" wrote:
>
> Hello Bruce,
>
> Monday, September 18, 2000, 8:25:36 AM, you wrote:
> > Tucows must make it easy and cheap for small companies to become
> > registrars, USD8 per domain is good enough and Tucows still gets a USD2
> > revenue while USD6 goes to the NSI Registry.
>
> You are joking here, right?
>
Wrong! I am not joking.
> Did you take into account ICANN's fees? Did you take into account the
> cost of providing the service and development that you mention? Who
> are you to tell OpenSRS how much revenue is "good enough" for them
> when you know nothing about how much it costs to keep it all running?
>
I did take into account ICANN accreditation fees. RSPs could sponsor the
$5000 accreditation fees, so assuming they have 100 RSPs, each would pay
yearly $50.
RSPs could sponsor the development costs together, the open srs server
development, and also the client development.
Open SRS is a non-for-profit effort, thus their revenue should be
minimum
if any. Tucows is earning millions through their infamous "for-profit"
Domain Direct. And, yes I know alot about their running costs. I advice
you to see www.ICANN.org for more info.
Thank you,
Bruce
