>Robert L Mathews, Tiger Technologies wrote: >So I don't see how my observation that your solution leaves the "registry >can't handle the demand for expired names" problem in place is a red >herring. It seems to be the very crux of the issue, because if you could >solve that problem in a technical manner so that a normal person could >attempt to buy an expiring name from a registrar and feel he had a >reasonably fair chance of getting it, a major justification for all these >schemes would disappear.
Which is exactly what I have done, multiple times. The "registry can't handle the demand for expired names" IS the red herring, they could handle it if they implemented the technical fix but then they would not have the "problem" to leverage a way around the registry contract with. If you think a "Normal Person" will be able to buy a WLS on any decent names, you are misinformed. SnapNames has a dirty little secret: Over 95% of thier income comes from the very same "abusive speculators" that they profess in the press they do "battle" with every day. Some large speculators spen upwards of $50,000 at a time with them. The only way your "Normal Person" will ever have a shot at a decent dropping name is when there are many ways to get it, NOT just one. Harold Whiting
