To get back to an on topic reason to drop GoDaddy, a company I worked for had a plan to migrate all DNS functions to Amazon so we only needed registration. When the contract was up we planned to move that to a different registrar. We told GoDaddy that the contract would not be renewed and the next day no one could get to any of our sites. GoDaddy had removed all of our entries. This is a common GoDaddy tactic. So much so that most registrars advise against letting GoDaddy know you'll migrate off.
Brian On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Robert Miesen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mark. > > To be honest, I don't know what makes gandi.net better than godaddy in > terms of raw functionality / features.// What made me seek out an > alternative domain registrar is GoDaddy's sleazy and sexist advertising > campaign. I feel it reinforces the unfortunate behaviors of a minority > of programmers and reinforces the "Revenge of the Nerds" culture which > both discourages women from becoming programmers and dehumanizes the > ones that do become programmers. > > I could say more about this, but this reply is already starting to go > into OT territory! > > > On 09/03/2014 10:02 AM, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Robert, > > > > Just curious how gandi.net is better than godaddy. I have been satisfied > > with godaddy for many years, but I am always open to something better. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Mark > > On Sep 3, 2014 9:42 AM, "Robert Miesen" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I've finally had the time to take a look through the various > >> recommendations that everyone has given and I think I'll give gandi.net > >> a try. They also offer SSL certificates and hosting solutions, so they > >> could be a useful turnkey total web presence solution for my clients! > >> > >> Thanks to everyone for giving such useful advice! > >> > >> > >> On 08/20/2014 02:59 PM, Micah Cowan wrote: > >>> I recently switched from Register.com (finally) to gandi.net. > Extremely > >>> satisfied: they're inexpensive, informed, and they (only) accept [BIND > 9 > >>> format] zone files (no interactive UI like Register.com has). The Zone > >>> files has an interesting "versioning" system that lets you choose what > >>> version is currently active, so you can create a new version of a Zone > >>> file, edit it while the other's in place, and then switch over when > >> you're > >>> satisfied. > >>> > >>> -mjc > >>> > >>> > >>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:52 PM, wes <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Register.com offers this, though they're very expensive. Amazon AWS > can > >> do > >>>> it, but they've very complicated and confusing to newcomers. > >>>> > >>>> I hear namecheap is reasonable. > >>>> > >>>> -wes > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Robert Miesen < > [email protected] > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi everyone. > >>>>> > >>>>> I'm looking for a good domain registrar---preferably one that allows > >> for > >>>>> "one stop" DNS Zone file editing. I'm using 1&1, but I am curious if > >>>>> anyone knows of a good registrar that allows for "full service" DNS > >> Zone > >>>>> file editing functionality. > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>>> [email protected] > >>>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> PLUG mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >>>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> PLUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PLUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -Albert Einstein _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
