Yes, you're paying. I'm sure they'd build whatever API you'd like if you're willing to pay more.
You have to pick what you NEED. Your comment about customer service is a good one. I like the people at OpenSRS and I trust them to do the right thing, and if part of the cost is their API, then I'm okay with that. -- Lynn On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 02:17:34 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>I've also learned that when you are the lead on a >>project, you get to define all of the interfaces, and >>when you aren't, you get to use the interfaces you are >>given (or, if you prefer, the interfaces that are >>dictated to you). >> >>You can bitch about it, or you can learn the things you >>need to do to make it work. > >�The part that's missing in the above is that people *DO* >�have a choice as to which API they use. That choice >�derives from the fact that other companies offer different >�API's. *I* am paying, *I* am not the one being paid >�....... > >�For me one of Tucows key strenghs is it's customer service >�and very professional and ethical business practices. Thus >�people like myself use Tucows and accept the tech problems >�as well as higher fees. However having played "musical >�registrars" 2 times more than I ever wanted to, so it's in >�my interest to to try and motivate Tucows to compete more >�directly with the other APIs and offer one that is >�platform agnostic -- I say this so that I am assured that >�Tucows remains strong (read: they continue to grow in >�market share) but also because I do not have the time you >�folks obviously do to learn new interfaces and perform >�"foreign" integration. Of course I only have about 25 >�years programming experiance, not 30, so you all do have >�more experiance than me. �:p
