If this is true, it believe it will spell the end of the best wholesale
registrar in the industry.
I know I would trust Verisign with my domains before I'd trust
Register.com with them.
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 17:08, George Kirikos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> FuckedCompany.com is "reporting" rumours that Register.com is buying
> out Tucows/OpenSRS (ee their front page).
>
> This raises cause for concern. Tucows might not be able to comment if
> there are current negotiations, but it would be nice to see a denial if
> the rumours are completely untrue.
>
> In the event that it does happen, hopefully it will be "business as
> usual" from the perspective of existing OpenSRS resellers, with
> financial backing. My main concerns are the following:
>
> 1) Good customer support -- I'm hoping that the key management and
> support folks will be remaining in Toronto, and not shipped off to who
> knows where.
>
> 2) Canadian jurisdiction -- maintaining a registrar license in the name
> of the Canadian office would be great, for resellers who value the
> Canadian jurisdiction of law in the their reseller agreements. Given
> multiple registrar licenses, conceivably OpenSRS could give resellers a
> choice of jurisdictions for their clients, between Canada and the US.
>
> 3) Continued innovation -- adding more gTLDs and ccTLDs, as well as
> other products like email, DNS, and anything else that would help their
> partners to succeed.
>
> 4) A strong independent voice to counter Verisign -- Register.com
> hasn't done a very good job of countering Verisign's monopolistic and
> anti-competitive proposals, whereas Tucows has done a lot better job of
> formulating realistic proposals and policies that protect the "little
> guy". I'd be concerned about losing that voice, if they're just
> following the lead of Register.com.
>
> A merger/acquisition could make the combined Register.com/OpenSRS a
> formidable force, one that makes us all better off, so I'm taking a
> wait and see approach. Of course, given the source of the rumours, it
> could all just be complete BS.
>
> What are others concerned about, should this happen? I.e. why are you
> with OpenSRS, and not with Register.com today?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> http://www.kirikos.com/
-- domainwhiz <domainwhiz@yahoo.com>
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