At 12:53 PM 12/20/01 -0500, zxcvb wrote: >This is not "research" "product development" or a "testbed" ....
Clearly, you can choose to believe what you like! :) >If this is truly a "testbed" as Tucows >claims then any reseller should be able to request domains via this >system. I have made such a request and I have not gotten an answer. Am >I going to being to be allowed to submit names via this system? The very nature of any test we perform is to test a concept or prove an assumption. Be definition, our tests are limited in scope to just that (in order to allow us to find out what we need to know, and then go build a product or service. The point of the tests is in support of developing a service that could support all our resellers; typically the design and functionality involved is crude and not ready for "prime-time". >In the past my reseller system was >completely unusable for about an hour when domains were dropped. When I >complained about it Charles D. would always claim he would stop the >people from flooding the system but nothing ever got done. I had lost >numerous sales because of this in the past. I also suspect the new >"batch" system will be "used up" by Tucows getting domains on behalf of >DIRECTSEEK.COM so I expect it will be just about useless. Let me fill in some facts here: - the live system did experience slowdowns during 2-3 pm for a time (a couple of months back); all resellers were affected equally - the batch pool has removed these operational issues - the new batch system is not in any way used as part of our testing >Further, you have not said what happens to the domains. No one has asked directly... >Are they being >transferred directly to DIRECTSEEK.COM if they decide they want the >domain? > >These are very simple questions that I have asked over, and over, and >over again. Why can't I get a straight answer? What are you hiding? We generally do not publicly disclose product development phases for many reasons (although, clearly, they are generally far from covert or secret). One of the common reasons we do not talk about these things is that we are often in binding non-disclosure agreements with other parties/suppliers. There are also competitive reasons and general bandwidth reasons that we use to carefully select what we test, and when and how we talk about it. Should you wish to participate in such tests, I would recommend contacting your sales rep and they can nominate you for appropriate projects as they become available. I can say (repeat): - we are conducting testing in support of developing a service or services that involve "expiring names" - we have been conducting tests for almost six months to date - we will continue to evolve our testing and tests over the next few months - our intention has always been and will always be to develop a product for our channel to offer in this space ASAP - this should be by early March - things are coming together - as soon as we hit the point where we feel we can talk about our offering with confidence (ie; we have figured out all the loose ends) we will do so on this list to get your feedback, as we do value it Regards, sA
