Hmmm...looks like the only losers now will be all the poor saps that bought 1,000 tickets and had NO competition for the name.
I've seen no mention of refunding these monies. Rich Shockney RS Marketing -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of William X Walsh Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 1:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Someone finally gets it The news is at: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20011217/wr/tech_domains_biz_dc_2.html Basically Neulevel is admiting its "lottery" plan was not very well thought out and is going to change its policy on those names, and run a new selection mechanism for the names in question in February. (this is not news to us on this list, thanks tou updates from Tucows already, but some may find the story of interest anyway). What I am most pleased to see is Neulevel's Jeffrey Neuman say the following: NeuLevel's Neuman said if he could do it all over again, he would set up a much simpler registration scheme, even if it resulted in a flood of applications ``Because there's so many creative solutions, those solutions become part of the problem. And the best way, the tested way, would be first-come, first-serve, that's what people are used to,'' Neuman said. Finally someone realizes that first come first served IS the most fair manner for domain registrants. End of story. Maybe we can eliminate any "sunrise" or "landrush" registration schemes in future tld roll outs now. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --
