Thursday, October 12, 2000, 10:05:40 PM, you wrote:
Oh how I miss 1994 (when I got into this mess) when NSI required
two nameservers answering for a domain before it would register one
for you. Back when some flavor of Unix ran most systems so clueful
folks were generally at the helm and things, in general, looked
grand. Then came along Windoze NT and HTTP 1.1... anyone could
point and click their way to name-based hosting, etc.
This thread has been the worst I've seen on this list since January
and the root seems to be folks trying to protect what is left of
their ability to differentiate themselves from lusers who can
stroll in and give the *illusion* that they can be 'service
providers'. As much as I hate the result, the reality is, someone
is going to make these services available to anyone who has the
idea that they can sell host-ish services. I don't generally
subscribe to the idea that "well, if I don't do it someone else
will" because lots O people use that excuse to justify Adult site
hosting, SPAMMING, etc. But in this case, this is something that
the Registrar is going to have to offer in order to stay
competitive. Price for them, just like for us, will need to be low
and service or value adds are going to need to be the
differentiating factors for survival. I want to reiterate: "I wish
these services would not be offered by anyone". Now that I've
spent the time to automate things, I'd love to see the 'free' money
rolling in.
I think we need to discuss how we are going identify where we go
next. Standard services like DNS, email and even hosting are going
to be assumed services... we'll need to find something unique that
is less easily commoditized (yes, that is my own custom word) in
order to gain client favor.
... Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.:)
-tom
[heels clicking three times] There's no place like 1994, There's no
place like 1994, There's no place like 1994...
