My vote, OpenSRS should continue its open policy.
Ashish
----- Original Message -----
From: Abel Wisman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: discuss list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:17 AM
Subject: Re: OpenSRS should not be so Open
> Hmm i guess it is time to vent my opinion to then, seeing as most here
want
> one :)
>
> OpenSRS has become what it is today based on open source prinicples.
> Those principles have stretched all the way through all parts of this
> enterprise, f.i. the open contacts with management, the open developement
of
> software, the transparancy of the way Tucows / OpenSRS does the business
and
> the accountiblity when something "odd" appears.
>
> It is absolute balony to think that when we use and have used over the
years,
> this list as a think tank the "competition" might run off with "our"
ideas.
> After all if any one of us has a "good" idea we are not immediately
sharing
> it with the list anyway. When a proposal comes or is discussed we are well
> under way of development.
> And even if the "competition" found out ("sigh") who cares. as we have
proven
> in the past and in current stats, despite pricing above low, we still do
more
> business combined then any of the other registrars.
>
> If we believe that we can stop the competition from listening in on our
ideas
> whether discussed on open or closed list, we should think again, if it was
> "valuable" then the limited cost of being a RSP is easily overcome and for
> all we know genie is paid by Verisign, remember the good old days when a
sign
> hung over our doors: "Der Feind hort mit"
>
> I am in no way under the illusion that I can "compete" with verisign, for
> that I need hepl from a higher power then Scott, Chuck or Scott.
>
> I more have a tendency of letting them watch the cooking, after all "the
> secret is in the sauce" (from; "Fried Green Tomatoes")
>
> We develop (since a few years) telephony (switching) software, open
source!,
> we make the difference with our service, support and final product, not
the
> base ingredient everyone can have.
>
> Let it remain open
>
>
> abel
>
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