if the doamin will expire it will go onto auction most probably, also there is about a month for previous user to get it back. it's nice that you did, maybe it's better to ask them directly through www.lastmilemobilesolutions.com becuase dreamhost can be a kind of privacy shield for them.
On 13.05.2014 00:18, Lukas W. wrote: > Well it looks like lmms.org <http://lmms.org> is hold by a company > whose website is located at lastmilemobilesolutions.com > <http://lastmilemobilesolutions.com>. > I tried contacting them via (a) the contact from on their website and > (b) the email address lastmilemobilesolutions....@proxy.dreamhost.com > <mailto:lastmilemobilesolutions....@proxy.dreamhost.com> (acquired > using whois). > I sent them this message last Wednesday: > > Dear Sir or Madam, > > My name is […], I am a member of the development team building the > free open source digital audio workstation LMMS. > > After 10 years of development, we are still looking for a good > domain for our website (currently still at > http://lmms.sourceforge.net <http://lmms.sourceforge.net/>) that > users can easily remember. > Obviously, the best domain for this would be lmms.org > <http://lmms.org/>. However, it seems to be registered by your > company. I noticed several things, please tell me if you can > confirm them: > > (a) You're website is located at www.lastmilemobilesolutions.com > <http://www.lastmilemobilesolutions.com/>. > (b) lmms.org <http://lmms.org/> is apparently not used as it does > not respond to any pinging > (c) lmms.org <http://lmms.org/> expires in nine days > > Considering those points and the fact that .org stands for > "organization" and therefore does not fit a commercial company > like yours that well, I'd like to ask you: > > Is it possible for lmms.org <http://lmms.org/> to be transferred > to us and be used for directing users to our website? As the > domain does not point to any website at the moment, this change > would not cost you any visitors, but instead bring us a lot more. > As this would help the popularity and success of our software, the > whole team will greatly appreciate it if you are able to take a > step in our direction. > > I hope for an agreement to both your and our satisfaction, and I'm > looking forward to a hopefully positive response from your side. > > Sincerely Yours, > […] > > > Let's see if they'll answer… I don't have much hope though. > > > Apart from that, the domain expires this Friday > (2014-05-16T08:11:44Z). It's unlikely, but as the company has never > used the domain, they may not update it? > > > 2014-05-12 22:07 GMT+02:00 Tres Finocchiaro > <tres.finocchi...@gmail.com <mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com>>: > > > Has someone tried to reach the holders of lmms.org > <http://lmms.org/>? > > I did reach out to some, but not .org. > > lmms.net <http://lmms.net>: $1,800 USD (about 1,300 euros). > lmms.com <http://lmms.com>: $50,000 USD (about 36,000 euros). > > I did not reach out to lmms.org <http://lmms.org>. > > -Tres > > - tres.finocchi...@gmail.com <mailto:tres.finocchi...@gmail.com> > > -- symbiants oe ai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list LMMS-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
