If this is true, it believe it will spell the end of the best wholesale registrar in the industry.
I know I would trust Verisign with my domains before I'd trust Register.com with them. On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 17:08, George Kirikos wrote: > Hello, > > FuckedCompany.com is "reporting" rumours that Register.com is buying > out Tucows/OpenSRS (ee their front page). > > This raises cause for concern. Tucows might not be able to comment if > there are current negotiations, but it would be nice to see a denial if > the rumours are completely untrue. > > In the event that it does happen, hopefully it will be "business as > usual" from the perspective of existing OpenSRS resellers, with > financial backing. My main concerns are the following: > > 1) Good customer support -- I'm hoping that the key management and > support folks will be remaining in Toronto, and not shipped off to who > knows where. > > 2) Canadian jurisdiction -- maintaining a registrar license in the name > of the Canadian office would be great, for resellers who value the > Canadian jurisdiction of law in the their reseller agreements. Given > multiple registrar licenses, conceivably OpenSRS could give resellers a > choice of jurisdictions for their clients, between Canada and the US. > > 3) Continued innovation -- adding more gTLDs and ccTLDs, as well as > other products like email, DNS, and anything else that would help their > partners to succeed. > > 4) A strong independent voice to counter Verisign -- Register.com > hasn't done a very good job of countering Verisign's monopolistic and > anti-competitive proposals, whereas Tucows has done a lot better job of > formulating realistic proposals and policies that protect the "little > guy". I'd be concerned about losing that voice, if they're just > following the lead of Register.com. > > A merger/acquisition could make the combined Register.com/OpenSRS a > formidable force, one that makes us all better off, so I'm taking a > wait and see approach. Of course, given the source of the rumours, it > could all just be complete BS. > > What are others concerned about, should this happen? I.e. why are you > with OpenSRS, and not with Register.com today? > > Sincerely, > > George Kirikos > http://www.kirikos.com/ -- domainwhiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
