On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:29:47 -0500 (EST)
Christopher Hicks <chicks@chicks.net> wrote:
>On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 inbox@fpgatools.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:16:27 -0500 (EST)
>> Christopher Hicks <chicks@chicks.net> wrote:
>> >On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Colin Viebrock wrote:
>> >> > My point is that *TOO MUCH WORK* is required to
>> >>implement
>> >> > the spec as currently documented.
>> >>
>> >> I think we're just going to have to agree to disagree
>>on
>> >>this. I didn't
>> >> find it too much work, and neither have others.
>> >
>> >While the OpenSRS documentation is imperfect is has
>> >continually improved
>> >and has always been quite adequate.
>> >
>> >The fact and value that a complete implemenation is
>> >provided in addition
>> >to the spec seems to have been glossed over here. The
>> >availabilty of a
>> >complete implementation allowed me as well as many
>>others
>> >to discern how
>> >things worked and to implement our own client. I've
>>had
>> >good responses
>> >from this list and from OpenSRS support when problems
>> >have arisen despite
>> >using an "officially unsupported client".
>>
>> Then my appologies to all as OpenSRS did not tell me
>> Windows was an "officially unsupported client", nor have
>>I
>> read that anywhere!
>> My apopologies to all.
>
>Windows isn't an "officially unsupported client", but
>what I've written
>myself is. And despite that, there's been plenty of
>support for
>resolving issues and debugging.
Yup, this list and the support of those whos lead I am now
following.
>> 1) I've said at least twice that Tucows support is
>> *AWESOME*, I'm just peived at the API Docs.
>
>Taking the API docs out of the context of a working
>implementation seems
>unfair to me.
Then I guess we have different ideas as to how to support
a standard in a way thet the average coder can implement a
small part of that standard in 4 hours or less in the
language they are most comfortable with. It's my
understanding that that's what "open" means.
>> I'm just trying to use Windows OS to register domains
>>via
>> Tucows .... *NOW* I'm whining! LOL!
>
>What you're trying to do and how you're going about doing
>it are two
>seperate things.
Fine. Restatement,
I *NEED* to implement Tucows domain registration soley via
a pure Windows OS implementation ....
>--
></chris>
>
>"Never offend people with style when you can offend them
>with substance."
> - Sam Brown
>
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