someone who knew someone at verisign probably got it... and that person at verisign probably made a little side money.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jamie Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: Re: Verisign Screw-up > Regarding the $5,000 domain that NSI accidentally let expire: > > After a domain expires it is still in NSI's database and cannot be > registered by another party except the owner...I have known a domain to > exist like this for up to 6 months...how did this one get deleted so soon??? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Roger B.A. Klorese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kevin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'George Kirikos'" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:13 PM > Subject: RE: Verisign Screw-up > > > > At 10:32 AM 5/3/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > Regarding the value of a name, there most certainly is a high value on > > certain domain names. When you spend the resources on marketing a web > > site/domain name for several months and spend development dollars > > building applications and services that correspond to the web site, you > > have converted a mere "arbitrary string of characters" to a valuable > > asset. > > > > Yes, but it's the marketing and establishment of business around it that > > does so, not the "quality" of the name. > > > > > >
