And your point is? Beating this dead horse is getting old. Especially with you Mike, of all people.
Your e-mail is naive in that my post is in regards to "specific discussion" not "general discussion". You assumed far too much and your post does not relate to the topic. You went off about open source, of course it is, that is why so many independent businesses have teamed with Tucows. The source code may be open, but Tucows does not hold open discussions in public about their business strategy. My point was clear, I thought. Our public conversation as RSP's crossed the line from general discussion to specifically discussing concepts that could hurt the community of Tucows resellers. This is just plain common sense. In private conversations with Tucows representatives my point was agreed upon and something may likely be done. Generally I wouldn't answer you Mike, you are not even and RSP. I personally don't have a problem with you or other end users being on a discussion list like this. What I have a problem with, ONE LAST TIME is discussion strategic initiatives and other market position oriented topics in public. Talking DNS, tips on coding, domain name news, and most how to's are fine with me. No one is asking OpenSRS not to be open. Just not "so open". I really hope this conversation can be closed now, but sure lets beat a dead horse for days. Regards, Lars Hindsley SpyProductions -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike Frazer Sent: January 24, 2002 8:53 PM To: Dennis Hisey; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OpenSRS should not be so Open Ladies (I think) and Gentlemen: One thing I think everybody is overlooking here is that when it all comes down there's really only one way to register a domain, and that's to query the registry with the request and have it granted. We're not talking about programming some new breakthrough technology that will change the Internet forever; Open Source has been a successful idea for a long time. Over 50% of all servers on the Internet run Linux...where would almost all of you be right now if it weren't for a free (or at least very cheap) OS? Where would we all be if things like C, Perl and PHP cost money just to have a license to use them? Microsoft is all over the Linux newsgroups and forums and the Linux developers still manage to have the one-up in the area where Linux truly shines, and that's in the server area. OpenSRS has the one important thing going for them that Verisign and others don't: they're fair and open about their business practices. Word is slowly getting around to even the most clueless domain registrants that Verisign/NSI is becoming shadier by the day. Keeping things open to everyone means that everyone can see and judge for themselves whether something is fair - and also allow their opinions on the matter be heard. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Hisey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 1:22 PM Subject: Re: OpenSRS should not be so Open > Please don't go secret, my neighbor on one side works for Verisign, and the > neighbor on the other, works for Register.com. They depend on me to make > conversation since they aren't allowed to talk outside of the office. If > OpenSRS goes secret though, we will have nothing to talk about. > > Seriously though, it's impossible to stop someone from getting information > if they really want it. We're not talking state secrets here....nor is it a > matter of life and death......so why bother. Trying to go secret only starts > rumours, and they can be more trouble than the truth. > > Although, on second thought, if OpenSRS does go secret, maybe I can sell my > secret email to others. That's it!!!! Another revenue stream......... > > :) > > Dennis Hisey >
