Hi Mike,
You've misunderstood my humour/commentary. It has nothing to do with your
software. I was commenting/joking about your speculation that Chuck D. left
Tucows because another registrar might be buying Tucows. That's all.
Swerve
> From: "Mike Allen" <discusslist@4CheapDomains.Net>
> Organization: 4CheapDomains.Net
> Reply-To: "Mike Allen" <discusslist@4CheapDomains.Net>
> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 03:26:14 -0500
> To: "Swerve" <swerve@swerve.com>, "discuss-list" <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Subject: Re: Re: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>
> Based on our facts. Where did this come from? Are you saying we have not
> been developing this software for the last 3 months? Or am I
> misunderstanding. Some of this sarcasm can be taken many different ways...
>
>
> --
> Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net
> discusslist@4CheapDomains.Net
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Swerve" <swerve@swerve.com>
> To: "Mike Allen" <discusslist@4cheapdomains.net>; "Richard Jones"
> <powerhouse@servicenterprises.com>; "discuss-list"
> <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2003 7:05 AM
> Subject: OT: Re: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>
>
>> Oh the Venerable Charles/Chuck D rears his ghostly presence thru a Mike
>> Allen rumour. Rumour based on .... ??
>>
>> Chuck for Presidency of the United States of Whatever!
>>
>> Whatever.
>>
>> (For those of you politically hairtriggered these days, the reference has
> to
>> do with a pop song/video that's making the rounds on the Net. It's called
>> the United States of Whatever!)
>>
>>
>>
>> ---------
>>
>> Imo, All nations need to seriously reflect on their current "foreign"
>> policies. Arrogance blocks wisdom. ~Swerve
>>
>>
>>> From: "Mike Allen" <discusslist@4cheapdomains.net>
>>> Organization: 4CheapDomains.Net
>>> Reply-To: "Mike Allen" <discusslist@4cheapdomains.net>
>>> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 03:48:28 -0500
>>> To: "Richard Jones" <powerhouse@servicenterprises.com>, "discuss-list"
>>> <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>>> Subject: Re: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>
>>> We are already developing one ;O) We seen things like this coming on a
>>> while ago and I fear to say may be a reason that Charles left ???? Hope
> i'm
>>> wrong... Only time will tell ;o(
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Allen, 4CheapDomains.Net
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Richard Jones" <powerhouse@servicenterprises.com>
>>> To: "Elliot Noss" <enoss@tucows.com>;
> <hostmaster@digital-marketplace.net>;
>>> <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:12 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>
>>>
>>>> Ah, so you MIGHT be interested in such a deal.
>>>>
>>>> Bad, Bad, Bad.
>>>>
>>>> That is NOT right. With that company, I would not see that as an
> excuse,
>>>> since they
>>>> are a horrible company. I hope you see the light, and stop all
>>> negotiations,
>>>> as that
>>>> will damage YOUR reputation. We are YOUR customers, if we wanted to be
> a
>>>> part of that horrible company, we would have joined THEM, not OpenSRS.
>>>>
>>>> If you continue in these talks, then that is why you cannot comment, as
>>> that
>>>> could
>>>> be insider trading, since this is a public company. Therefore, I must
> see
>>>> the light,
>>>> that this is just an excuse to not have to be obligated to say, in
> other
>>>> words, a guilt
>>>> trip. Register.com is not going to sell out, so what is the harm, if
> this
>>> is
>>>> untrue?
>>>>
>>>> If this does happen, then I personally, will put together a better SRS
>>> that
>>>> would compare
>>>> quite well to OpenSRS, and I would make sure it was never possible to
> be
>>>> sold to a
>>>> company with the ethics of someone horrible. I would do so, just to
> spite
>>>> all involved
>>>> in this deal. My company has plenty of investors who would love to fund
>>>> something like
>>>> this, if I decide to do so. I have no desire to, but if I'm forced I
>>> would.
>>>> No, this is not
>>>> a empty threat, or anything like that. I am not a big reseller, I
> joined
>>>> here just to have
>>>> something for a FEW clients that asked for it.
>>>>
>>>> I will NOT subject them to register.com, under any circumstances.
>>>>
>>>> Just my 2 cents.
>>>>
>>>> I hope you will squash all rumors that exist, just because your
>>> "CUSTOMERS"
>>>> want you to.
>>>> If we all left, it would make it much easier for another company to
> have a
>>>> takeover, since your
>>>> stock would drop to virtually a few pennies. In fact, even just a rumor
>>> not
>>>> denied can do that.
>>>> I've seen it happen before. Take heed, with that last statement. ;o)
>>>>
>>>> Richard.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Elliot Noss" <enoss@tucows.com>
>>>> To: <hostmaster@digital-marketplace.net>; <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 2:04 PM
>>>> Subject: RE: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Ok. Let me try like this. It would be irresponsible, especially as a
>>>> public
>>>>> company, to comment on rumours that deal with M&A. In my years doing
>>> this
>>>>> there have been, literally, hundreds. To even deny things that had
>>>>> absolutely no basis could preclude discussions that may be very
>>>>> advantageous.
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me give you a real example. Many years ago (in a land far away)
> when
>>>> we
>>>>> were primarily a content company there was a small website that was
> run
>>> by
>>>> a
>>>>> couple guys that I was quite friendly with. There was a rumour on a
> list
>>>>> frequented by shareware and freeware developers who were/are the
> biggest
>>>>> constituency for our software business. The rumour said that we were
>>> going
>>>>> to do a deal with that website. I was both much more naive and a
> private
>>>>> company at the time and I leapt in and categorically denied the
> rumour.
>>>> Six
>>>>> months later that website was sold to one of our competitors in a deal
>>>> that
>>>>> was not great for the guys running it (who I really liked). When I
>>> called
>>>>> them saying "hey, why didn't you call me if you were looking to do a
>>> deal"
>>>>> they told me that they had read my denial of the rumour and had
> assumed
>>> I
>>>>> wasn' interested!
>>>>>
>>>>> The competitor, who was smaller then us at the time, levered that
>>>>> acquisition in to a large IPO and an even larger sale of the whole
>>> company
>>>>> months later. Lesson learned.
>>>>>
>>>>> I hope this helps.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards
>>>>>
>>>>> Elliot Noss
>>>>> Tucows inc.
>>>>> 416-538-5494
>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Hostmaster [mailto:hostmaster@digital-marketplace.net]
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 1:30 PM
>>>>>> To: Elliot Noss; discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well, that does make sense to me, but it certainly doesn't answer
>>>>>> my/our question!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe you should 'go a bit deeper on why even commenting is not
>>>>>> appropriate'.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps you could answer this: Are you not commenting because you
>>>>>> are not legally allowed to, or is it simply because you feel the
>>>>>> rumor is not worthy of a reply? Either way, you should be able to
>>>>>> answer without 'getting in trouble' with anyone.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Its just that I would rather not base an important business
>>>>>> decision, switching from OpenSRS to whoever, based on rumor and/or my
>>>>>> reading between the lines of comments made.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> BUT, if the rumor is true, I will in no way get myself or my
>>>>>> business involved with Register.com! I would also be willing to bet
>>>>>> money that the majority of your resellers feel as I do in this
>>>>>> regard. Therefore I feel the need to keep asking...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Nick Swift
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Elliot Noss
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 12:43 PM
>>>>>> To: hostmaster@dmcom.net; George Kirikos; discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>> Subject: RE: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just to be clear, it would be extremely inappropriate for me to
>>> comment
>>>> on
>>>>>> stuff like this, even if it was to categorically deny. I hope that
>>> makes
>>>>>> sense to most of you. If not, I am happy to go a bit deeper on why
>>> even
>>>>>> commenting is not appropriate.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is the official response. The unofficial response is that if I
>>>> stick
>>>>>> around long enough I am sure to be paired with Britney Spears in
>>>>>> some rumor!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Elliot Noss
>>>>>> Tucows inc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of Hostmaster
>>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 11:58 AM
>>>>>>> To: George Kirikos; discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>>> Subject: RE: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It's been almost a week since this message was posted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did I miss the 'Official' response from OpenSRS/Tucows?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Or has there been NO response?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just wondering...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nick Swift
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:owner-discuss-list@opensrs.org]On Behalf Of George Kirikos
>>>>>>> Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 8:08 PM
>>>>>>> To: discuss-list@opensrs.org
>>>>>>> Subject: Register.com buying out Tucows/OpenSRS??!!??
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> FuckedCompany.com is "reporting" rumours that Register.com is buying
>>>>>>> out Tucows/OpenSRS (ee their front page).
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
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