On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 02:17:47PM -0500, David Kaufman wrote: > > if you think *that's* a good thing, how about this? > > the day your domain expires, Tucows changes the nameservers to point it at > an expired-domain auction site for 40 days (or 10 or 45...). at the end of > that time, whoever has placed the highest bid (maybe you!) gets the domain!
I can guarantee that if OpenSRS offered such a service, I would immediately move to a different registrar. (I don't know which one; I'm REALLY hoping that somebody at Tucows is about to make such research unnecessary.) > or better yet, the auction site is only open to SnapCows Premium Partners > and competing registrars, since they pay monthly fees just to be in the > game! Charge a membership fee for the right to bid on something that's supposed to be in the free market in the first place? Wow. I can't even imagine anything sleazier. Watch your inbox for job offers from Verisign, Microsoft and Tucows. ;) -- Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Operations / Development / Abuse / Whatever vox: +1 416 598-0000 IT Canada http://www.it.ca/
