Re: Transfers: A bit of an explanation

From: William X. Walsh (william@userfriendly.com)
Date: Sun Apr 02 2000 - 21:57:19 EDT


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On 03-Apr-2000 Evan Klinger wrote:
> "!Dr. Joe Baptista" wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, William X. Walsh wrote:
>>
>> > Domain Direct is Tucows. They have gone through the screening process of
>> > accreditation. You have not.
>>
>> It's not much of a process. To be ICANN accredited you basically pay your
>> $10,000, sign a few documents and away you go. ICANN is money hungry
>> these days - so it's providing accreditation to anyone who can pay the
>> piper - and the so called screening process has become something of a
>> farce.
>
> More like $16,000 and proof of $170,000 of insurance.

As well as numerous other requirements.

Just ignore Baptista, he really doesn't deal well with facts, and his sole
purpose of being in a forum is to be a disruptive presence. If he tells you
the sky is blue, don't make a decision depending on that data until you verify
it yourself.

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