On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
> > And from another perspective: May DNS and redirecting/forwarding run
> > by OpenSRS not have some huge advantages over an RSP doing this on
> > (say) two or three machines himself? Think redundancy, think better
> > connections, think more uptime.
>
> This entire conversation is being predicated on us providing these
> services. Not once has anyone made an explicit statement (aside from
> examples) as to what these APS truly are.
Here is my "explicit statement": I would like to see Tucows/OpenSRS
provide DNS and URL redirecting as well as email forwarding to RSP's
to sell as part of their RSP-services. The reason I would like to see
this added, is that I see a growing market for personal (family)
domain names. In this market, there are few if any possibilities to
add value through good hosting etc. The free webpage hosting and the
free email services provided by ISPs and companies like Yahoo
(Geocities) and Hotmail, are suficient for most personal domain
holders.
This is all about a *new* market, requiring new methods and
packages. The introduction of new TLDs will only make this market
grow. At least, that is my guess.
--
Marc Schneiders (rest in header)
