Re: Afternic/RCOM: Tucows stance on secondary market speculation

[Patrick Greenwell]

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Bruce P. 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.
> > 
> > Why do you believe it is in any way your right to decide what is equitable
> > for Tucows to make per domain?
> > 
> 
> Because as an Open SRS RSP, I have the right to bargain with Tucows to
> reduce their price.

In a public forum? I don't think so.
 
> I am sure you too want Open SRS to reduce their price, so that all RSPs
> can get a little profit, say a dollar (USD 1). 

No, I want OpenSRS to offer the best possible product. Cost is secondary
given the very small amounts actually involved.

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                               Patrick Greenwell                          
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