With very few exceptions registrars co-operate with each other and get along quite well. There is certainly enough market to go around and the better things are for end-users the more we will all sell. More realize this than don't.
That being said we don't all sell the same product ;-). One small note on my email. I meant to say Tom was pleased with the outcome, not my offer of help (always read before hitting send....always read before hitting send). Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek J. Balling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Elliot Noss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:04 PM Subject: Re: Court issues TRO against Verisign in deceptive marketing lawsuit > At 7:07 PM -0400 5/14/02, Elliot Noss wrote: > >This is great news. I note that I have been in touch with Tom Cunningham at > >BR to see how we, and more relevantly, you all could help. He was quite > >please obviously and it will be interesting to see how this plays out with > >respect to damages. > > This paragraph speaks volumes. > > Leaving Verisign/NSI out of the equation, how are the relations > between the various registrars? Are they as cordial as this makes it > sounds, a bunch of guys who compete for customers but are basically > on speaking terms, etc., or is it as cut-throat as some other markets > are? > > I get the feeling from this it's more of a "we sell the same product, > our target audience is the same. Some will like us, some will like > you, everyone can carve out space in the market" than a "Sod off, > Noss! We're gonna bury you!!!" (again, aside from NSI *grin*) > > D > > -- > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+ > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Thou art the ruins of the noblest man | > | Derek J. Balling | That ever lived in the tide of times. | > | | Woe to the hand that shed this costly | > | | blood" - Julius Caesar Act 3, Scene 1 | > +---------------------+-----------------------------------------+
