I for one would be appalled if that did happen. It would say to me that Tucows has no conscience whatsoever. They know full well what Register.Com has done in the past to their reseller base (of which I was one). I sure hope it is just rumor. If not, I'll be looking for someone else to do business with. I don't deal with folks who have stolen from me in the past. And when I say "Stolen", I do mean financially, and with regard to customer base.
Isn't that one of the seven signs? "Register.com shall purchase OpenSRS" ??? Oh crap!!! Armageddon here we come... ;o) Please, please, please, guys. Tell us it's all just rumor, and that you'd NEVER sell to them. PLEASE!!!!!! Mark Petersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Planet Nic http://www.planet-nic.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Kirikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 5:08 PM Subject: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!?? > 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/
