I agree,
I think that anyone who is scared of the 250.00 just needs to budget for it.
That is what this whole issue comes down to. Everyone who is not happy with
the up front costs, just think of it like this. When are you ever going to
have another chance to compete with something like this? It is time to step
out of the box, stop going out to eat and pay the 250 bucks. I started my
business as a web developer so broke that I built my first sites with trial
graphics software, 4 versions before I got enough money to get going. I now
have an opportunity <thanks to opensrs> to compete in one of the hottest
markets at one of the best times!
I do not understand why there are not more people doing this, and I do not
under stand why people are anything less than grateful that opensrs just
does not cut us out of the deal and blow out domain names at 15 bucks and
sell 10,000 a month.
Thanks opensrs, I for one love this :)
Mike Wattier
wattier@home.com
----- Original Message -----
From: LEX DUNKELMAN <thepay@home.com>
To: <rpyne@kinfolk.org>
Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 3:32 AM
Subject: Re: purpose of open SRS
> Richard, I also looked at your personal Web site:
> http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2/ and once again, it's incredibly impressive,
> especially your personal resume and accomplishments.(way more than I will
> ever accomplish)
>
> I am extremely serious about my Web based business and I believe we must
> always think of ourselves as value added resellers offering services (with
a
> fair mark up) representing excellent business value. Open SRS. will allow
> people who offer Web based technologies (as their principal occupation) an
> Avenue to generate a badly needed new income stream which will be
> incredibly important for any of us relying on this technology for our
> income. This is why we must encourage open SR S. to remain primarily a
> wholesale domain registration Avenue. This is for our livelihood. Don't
> you agree?
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard B. Pyne <rpyne@kinfolk.org>
> To: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 10:45 PM
> Subject: Re: purpose of open SRS
>
>
> > I would like to start by quoting from the OpenSRS web site opening page:
> >
> > "OpenSRS is founded on the principle that access to the community domain
> > name registry should be open to as many people as possible. It is a
public
> > resource and should be managed in the same manner that a park is - open
> > and accessible to all. It is the mandate of OpenSRS to uphold this
> > principle."
> >
> > Notice that it does not say "open and accessible to those who have money
> > to spare" For many of us small service providers who are trying to grow,
> > $250.00 is a significant chunk of liquid operating capital. For me it is
> > about what I will spend in an entire year for registrations for myself
and
> > my customers.
> >
> > How many of you would propose that the phone company demand that you pay
a
> > full year in advance in order to get phone service, or for that matter
how
> > about your electricity, water, heat, etc? This is in the same realm. It
is
> > an expense of doing business. How many of you would consider opening a
> > retail outlet if your supplier demanded that you buy a full year of
> > inventory before openning your doors? How many of you would or could be
in
> > business today if you had been faced with these demands as you were
first
> > starting up? The first documents I read from OpenSRS suggested paying
for
> > what you expect to register in two or three months. For the small
startup
> > this is very likely in the range of $40 to $50. This is a burden that we
> > can afford and still continue to expand all areas of our business.
> >
> > Read the last two sentences of the the OpenSRS statement again and then
> > look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself if you honestly believe
in
> > principle or just the greed of "I've got mine, now lets wee how we can
> > stop anyone else from getting any."
> >
> > --Richard B. Pyne
> >
> >
> > On 1 Feb 00, at 21:09, LEX DUNKELMAN wrote:
> >
> > > Well we seemed to have developed some controversy! Not always a bad
> thing.
> > > The actual number really is not important -- whether it remains 25
> one-year
> > > ($250.00) more, or even less. The real issue is for open SRS to be
kept
> as a
> > > wholesale Avenue available primarily to ISP's and Web site
developer's.
> Do
> > > you want open SRS to be directly competing for your customers Michael
?
> > > (at http://www.ontheinter.net)
> > >
> > > Also, open SRS should be as much for professional Web site developer's
> who
> > > make their money providing Web site services as ISP's. (A Web site
> developer
> > > is in effect and Internet service provider and they should be a full
> > > participant in open SRS.) I do believe however that while as a Web
site
> > > developer you can buy wholesale, you should be entitled to charge your
> > > customers retail. You have expenses and costs of doing business and
if
> the
> > > customer pays the same as if he bought directly from network
solutions,
> > > everybody's winning. I don't believe however the customer should be
> cutting
> > > you out of your markup by buying directly through open SRS. The your
> > > comments Mike and Michael would be appreciated.
> > > Lex Dunkelman
> > >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > Richard B. Pyne, KB7RMU
> > rpyne@kinfolk.org
> > http://pyne.kinfolk.org/rbp2
> >
>
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