It's not only repulsive, but patently offensive.
It's basically a strong-arm that guarantees you frictionless transfers
in return for your first born and first right of refusal on your soul.
-rwr
On Fri, 2002-05-03 at 13:38, Robert L Mathews wrote:
> While browsing the Dotster pages, I came across:
>
> http://www.dotster.com/special/transfer.asp
>
> ... which contains:
>
> ------
>
> Thanks to a special arrangement with Network Solutions, transferring your
> domain from Network Solutions to Dotster (and saving over 60% in the
> process!) is now a breeze.
>
> Simply use Dotster to initiate your transfer from Network Solutions. Be
> sure to allow plenty of time before your domain's expiration date. Follow
> the directions provided. Dotster will send an e-mail to the
> administrative contact shown in the WhoIs database within 24 hours.
> Respond to the e-mail as directed. In 5-7 days, your transfer will
> complete. You can check the progress of the transfer when you log in to
> your account. How is this different? Transfers initiated from other
> registrars will need additional verification and authentication by
> Network Solutions. They send an additional e-mail to you that must be
> responded to within a limited time frame, or else the transfer is denied.
> This can cause costly delays, which can result in the expiration of your
> domain, or a requirement that you renew your domain with Network Solution
> before transferring.
>
> ------
>
> This is so obviously wrong on so many different levels that I won't even
> bother to discuss it, but I'm wondering what form the "special
> arrangement" takes, and whether it would be so repulsive that OpenSRS
> might not hold their nose and try and make the same deal.
>
> --
> Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies
>
> "The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody
> appreciates how difficult it was."
>
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