On Sep 28, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Russ Goodwin wrote:
The registrant would have had ~60+ days to get their name back after it expired and stopped working under the current system, and assuming they were contacted for 60 days prior to expiration, this is probably enough time to cover the vast majority of situations.
I would consider it an insult to come home or back to work, find out my domain isn't working, try to renew but get told it's gone to auction, then receive a piddly little check for my share of the revenue.
I know many of us (especially others in the drop game) take a dim view of those who can't be bothered to renew prior to expiration, but when you're the aloof registrant who just expects things to work (or the reseller to the aloof registrant) things look different.
Of course, at this time, when it is possible to register a name for a period of up to 10 years, can we really be that sympathetic to people that let registrations lapse?
