At 01:16 AM 1/6/2002 -0800, Robert L Mathews wrote: >At 1/6/02 12:09 AM, William X Walsh wrote: > >>No, the uncertainty in the current system is what makes it much more >>fair. Even with all their special deals, Snapnames gets beat. >> >>The little guy can still get domains, without paying any special >>premium. > >I'm sorry, but I just don't buy it without evidence to the contrary. >People who pay a premium to SnapNames have a huge advantage over the >little guy contacting the registrar directly for a valuable name. > >Yes, the little guy can occasionally randomly get a valuable domain >without paying a premium. But using SnapNames or a similar service vastly >increases his chances (vs. a person not using any such service). You >can't be seriously arguing otherwise. If so, I want to see numbers before >I'll accept something so obviously counter to common sense. >Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
What is the issue here? Some sort of "enhanced" registrar service is the only way to reliably get premium drops these days, true. But those ARE readily available to ANY registrant, and the important thing to remember is that the prospective registrants have a CHOICE of which ones/how many to use. The current proposal leaves No Choice whatsoever. Me, I will always prefer to have a choice. Harold Whiting
