Bill,
How do you get rid of squatters??!! Rather that dreaming, why not do something
useful? Empower consumers to compete with squatters!
Not just ONE consumer by embracing this self-serving abuse of power -- the
Verisign MonopoLIST* (i.e. WLS) -- but empower ALL consumers who want a fair
opportunity to compete. There should be dozens of services like Go Daddy to
help consumers get a fair crack at dropping domains. If you've been around a
while you'll know that these services can BEAT all but the most determined
squatters (who now use the service themselves)!
Hey, if you really, really want a domain -- buy it! What we are talking about
here is consumers who all want a fair shot dropping domains. And our right to
compete should not be foreclosed by Verisign -- at any fee. That's what Go
Daddy, Dotster, and others are fighting for. Bravo!
Best, Loren
www.Evil.biz!
*Coined here today! Anybody like this term?
Bill Weinman <billw@webmonster.net> wrote:
At 10:20 PM 5/9/2003, George Kirikos wrote:
>As a sign of what can happen in a free and competitive market, GoDaddy
>has innovated and come out with its own DomainAlert system, which
>attempts to acquire deleted domains on behalf of their clients. This
>creates yet another choice for consumers.
Choice for consumers or choice for squatters? I don't see how either
position (Verisign/NSI or GoDaddy) benefits consumers. They're just
squabbling over conflicting positions in the squatter market.
You really want to see more "choice for consumers"? Get rid of the
squatters.
--Bill
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