Sounds like a corollary to the 80/20 rule: 20% of their customers generate 80% of their good press...
m2 At 01:45 PM 5/17/2002, Ross wrote: >Actually, according to a recent Gartner survey, at least 20% of the world is >perfectly happy with them. Their VP of Customer Service was quoted as saying >"We are very pleased with the positive results generated by our renewed >customer focus. This survey is a great indicator of our success. We will >continue to improve these numbers throughout the rest of 2002 and into 2003 >and, of course, we hope that no one ever tells this 20% what the Internet >is..." > >Happy Friday all, > > >-rwr > > >;) > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mark Petersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:09 PM >Subject: Re: verisign to auction .bz names on ebay > > > > You know, even with all their money and power, I'm sure glad I'm not them > > right now. > > I think I'd rather be middle class and relatively powerless, and *not* >have > > 80% of the world pissed at me. ;o) > > -Mark > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Swerve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 8:35 AM > > Subject: Re: verisign to auction .bz names on ebay > > > > > > > if enic is the registrar auctioning the names, > > > then Verisign is in control as Verisign owns enic. > > > > > > Actually Verisign owns everything now, including this moment in time. > > > > > > Isn't the extreme concentration of wealth super duper? > > > > > > Swerve > > > > > > > From: "Winston D. Neutel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:36:50 -0400 > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Subject: Re: verisign to auction .bz names on ebay > > > > > > > > Mark Jeftovic wrote: > > > > > > > >> It seems ok for me to see cash starved ex-Sex Pistols (Steve Jones) > > > >> auctioning his guitars on ebay...but Verisign auctioning .BZ domains? > > > >> > > > >> Too weird. A guy forwarded me an email about this a couple weeks ago > > and > > > >> I thought it was a crank. > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=581&e=4&cid=581&u=/nm/20020 > > > > > 508/tc_nm/tech_ebay_verisign_dc_2 > > > >> > > > > Shorter link for story: <http://tinyurl.com/5tz> > > > > > > > > What is Verisign's relationship to the .bz registry? The story says > > > > "VeriSign is overseeing the registry for the ".bz" domain" but that's >a > > > > little vague. The "About Us" section of <http://www.nic.bz> doesn't > > mention > > > > VeriSign. > > > > > > > > The domains being auctioned, listed at <http://tinyurl.com/5tw>, show > > > > enic.cc as the registrar, e.g. wine.bz <http://tinyurl.com/5u7> and > > > > whois.enic.cc returns "No match for wine.bz" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
