----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Hutchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Although there may continue to be some technical problems with IDNs, it is > important for us all to be able to generate IDN renewal revenue. As such, > we should not discourage registrants from renewing them because there are > still technical problems. > > > > The fact is that Verisign plans on requiring registrants to pay for IDN > renewals starting in March. We should be supportive of Verisign's actions > in this regard as there are a significant number of renewals at stake. > Resellers benefit if the existing free renewals are stopped and registrants > must pay to renew. In fact, the whole value chain benefits - Versign, > Tucows and Resellers. Only registrants suffer, as they are not provided > with sufficiently high quality service. But then again, who are we to > decide what is sufficiently high quality - for many registrants there is > still value in having a less than perfect IDN solution as opposed to having > nothing at all. > > > > We are all in a great position here. Verisign is the bad guy for requiring > payment for these renewals - Tucows and resellers have no choice but to go > along with them and enable these renewals (but Verisign, Tucows and > resellers all benefit from a revenue perspective). > > > > This is not to say that we should not work towards resolving the remaining > technical problems with IDNs. > > > > Alan Hutchison > > Director, Product Management > > Tucows > Wow. If anyone still thinks things haven't changed at Tucows, this message should set you straight. To hell with the end user, let's make some money! I don't know if you are ruthless or clueless, but either way it doesn't look good for the home team.
