At 09:17 AM 6/5/2003, domainwhiz wrote:
>Do YOU know what a CNAME record is? (Without googling it?)
>
>Do you know what a 302 response is?
So in order to sell domains (or use OpenSRS, or be on this list) you seem
to think one should be a techie?
I know that both CNAMEs and 302s are aliases, like the one you are using to
remain anonymous on this list, domainwhiz.
I can use and sell cars without having a clue about how engines work. I
can even sell upgrades and services on those cars and engines without
knowing how they work.
I can see how people who have made an investment in DNS services of their
own might not like to see Tucows offer wholesale dns or email service,
essentially lowering the bar for the less technically skilled resellers,
thereby introducing more competition from other resellers.
Now in order to succeed you'll probably need to do something you aren't
already doing to obtain and retain customers, so you complain about Tucows
and their confounded new services.
To this I say: you are selling in a crowded and competitive marketplace,
the barriers to entry are constantly being lowered, Tucows is just trying
to remain competitive with other wholesale registrars.
In the last Tucows conference call, Elliot reiterated that Tucows wants to
provide services that simplify data management (or words to that
effect). He went on to say that he found the new Apple music service
interesting. If you had a music selling service, would you be on here
whining that if Tucows rolls out the ability to sell music they'd be
ruining your business - and anyone who can't hum a C-sharp shouldn't be
allowed to sell mp3's?
-Russ
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