Hello, --- Scott Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 It seems pretty clear the names are being transferred directly, and not being deleted or released to the general public (all one would need to do is watch the WHOIS on a few names, and see what happens, such as on MAXI.org). What's short-sighted about this is that NSI can do exactly what you are doing, if it's legal and end the drops entirely. Even now they seem to be doing drops only once or twice a month, with some names having expiration dates 2 years ago. By not releasing the names, OpenSRS is also competing directly with its own customers. I don't have as many names as UltSearch, DomainDeluxe, HostStart or other big players, and can't do the same deals they can. But, the names belong to the namespace, not the registrars. Thus, any such deals should be prohibited. What if 1 day after voice.com or beijing.com or other top names expired, NSI said "We plan to keep them for ourselves"? In a roundabout way, Tucows/OpenSRS is doing the exact same thing. This is hypocritical given the prior public OpenSRS position with respect to NSI drops. Sincerely, George Kirikos http://www.kirikos.com/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Check out Yahoo! Shopping and Yahoo! Auctions for all of your unique holiday gifts! Buy at http://shopping.yahoo.com or bid at http://auctions.yahoo.com
