Yes, you're paying.
I'm sure they'd build whatever API you'd like if you're willing to pay more.
You have to pick what you NEED. Your comment about customer service is a good one. I like the people at OpenSRS and I trust them to do the right thing, and if part of the cost is their API, then I'm okay with that.
-- Lynn
On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:17:34 -0600, inbox@fpgatools.com wrote:
>>I've also learned that when you are the lead on a
>>project, you get to define all of the interfaces, and
>>when you aren't, you get to use the interfaces you are
>>given (or, if you prefer, the interfaces that are
>>dictated to you).
>>
>>You can bitch about it, or you can learn the things you
>>need to do to make it work.
>
> The part that's missing in the above is that people *DO*
> have a choice as to which API they use. That choice
> derives from the fact that other companies offer different
> API's. *I* am paying, *I* am not the one being paid
> .......
>
> For me one of Tucows key strenghs is it's customer service
> and very professional and ethical business practices. Thus
> people like myself use Tucows and accept the tech problems
> as well as higher fees. However having played "musical
> registrars" 2 times more than I ever wanted to, so it's in
> my interest to to try and motivate Tucows to compete more
> directly with the other APIs and offer one that is
> platform agnostic -- I say this so that I am assured that
> Tucows remains strong (read: they continue to grow in
> market share) but also because I do not have the time you
> folks obviously do to learn new interfaces and perform
> "foreign" integration. Of course I only have about 25
> years programming experiance, not 30, so you all do have
> more experiance than me. :p
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