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" > > > > > > > > > >
