At 12:01 PM -0500 12/28/00, Ross Wm. Rader wrote:
>< is it still possible for OpenSRS to sever relations with SnapNames ?
>< good reputation and trust is everything in the domains business.
>< let's not taint our common service with dubious activities
>< of businesses hiding behind NDAs for every bit of vital information.
>
>Our plans for moving forward with Snapnames are not public information at
>this point. It is important to note that Tucows != OpenSRS in all cases.
>Lastly, let's not paint this horse with too broad of a brush - NDAs != scam.
>I can sympathize with Len and company in this case because they know all to
>well that innovation in this business has a competitive lifespan of about 30
>seconds. If they were completely forthright with their business plan at this
>point, 5 other companies would have aped them already.
Let me say this then, and I think I speak for a lot of RSP's:
If: SnapNames' procedure entails them receiving from Tucows and/or OpenSRS
(in real-time or via regular polling) information about my domain-name
registration activities, or the activities of my users, and if I am not, as
an RSP, given the option of saying "This data may NOT be shared with
SnapNames", then I will find another registrar.
There are HUGE privacy issues here, and everyone is hiding behind NDA's to
not allow us to see how badly our privacy is being raped until after its
too late to stop it.
D
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