Abel Wisman wrote:
> When mail was added as a "wanted" service several of us protested and
> predicted that more and more "hosting" services would follow.
There's no secret agenda there Abel. We've consistently declared that we
would be offering new and different services to our channel. We're not
interested in the hosting business, except in the sense that this is the
line of business that our partners are engaged in - a business we feel
we have a role in helping solve a few critical problems.
> At one time, when openSRA started the promise was made never to move
> into the territory of those who were then selling or even going to sell
> the domains.
I was the one that initially declared that promise and can confidently
say that this still holds true today. We're not interested in retailing,
we're not interested in competing with ISPs or webhosters for customers,
we're not interested in much besides making sure that our ISP and
Webhosting partners have access to decent products and services that
they can integrate into their operations or back-office.
> From
> largest domain registrar to largest whole-sale supplier of hosting add
> ons.
Don't forget about "largest software download site" :) The reason that I
bring this up is because it was a caching play for the most part - an
early, low-tech caching play, but a caching play that offered
significant value to our partners (ISPs and Webhosters).
The product mix will continue to diversify, but it will do so in a way
that continues to add value to each of your respective businesses.
-rwr
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idiot."
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