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Steve Jobs And Jeff Bezos Meet The Segway
deadwood writes "Ever wanted to know what Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos really thought about the Segway the first time he saw it? At the Harvard Business School site, there's an excerpt from the new book 'Code Name Ginger', giving a recounting of the Apple and Amazon bosses' first impressions of the device. Steve Jobs' gut reaction, quoted in the article: 'I think it sucks!'"
The problems with our Internet registrar began in November 2000. For years, Network Solutions held an exclusive government contract as registrar for Domain Names on the World Wide Web. When the law changed a few years ago their monopoly ended. Soon thereafter, Network Solutions was then purchased by VeriSign, a California company, which began aggressive efforts to expand the number of its registrants. By then, large numbers of other registrars had entered the market, offering the same services and allowing owners to modify their account names online. These new registrars gained a significant market share from VeriSign/Network Solutions.
In November 2000, salesmen from VeriSign/Network Solutions contacted my representatives about obtaining our business. Our Domain Names were registered at the time with "netwiz," "dotster," and "bulkregister." The VeriSign/Network Solutions salesmen persuaded us that they would provide far better service than our existing registrars. They said their system was "state-of-the-art," and promised that a specific engineer would be assigned to our account. They also promised that all our names would be completely transferred to their computers by December 15, 2000. We took them at their word and negotiated a contract to seal the bargain. The agreements were signed on December 14, 2000.
VeriSign/Network Solutions immediately began transferring the information about our Names, but the transfer was never completed. They called to say their system had "crashed." At the time, we believed their story. Although our written agreement had promised that all our Domain Names would be transferred by January 31, 2001, the transfers of our Names still has not been completed nearly a year later. We no longer believe that VeriSign/Network Solutions' computer system had "crashed." We believe the real reason that VeriSign/Network Solutions could not transfer our domain names was because their software was undeveloped and poorly engineered.
This disastrous experiment has been catastrophic to our business. Several of our domain names have been completely deleted and picked up by other companies from overseas and still others were not even transferred at all. We still cannot make any modifications to our accounts. The registration dates for all of our Domain Names are still incorrect. Worst of all, our company is no longer shown as the owner of many Domain Names.
On January 3, 2001, Mr. Jones1 told us that all of the domain names had been transferred. It was not true. Thousands of names were still missing or inaccessible. On January 30, 2001, Jones again told us, "all but four Domain Names are at NSI." Again, he was wrong. On February 1, I asked Jones when I could transfer a Name to a new client. He responded, "After the account is set up." I asked him when the account would be set up. Jones responded, "Very soon!" We felt frightened, frustrated, and helpless as we watched our business disintegrate.
On February 16, "Lena" became our new contact person. She told us that they would have a new "fix and transfer" tool that would permit them to complete the transfer of our Names. It did not.
On April 3, "George" assured us that VeriSign/Network Solutions had assigned an engineer to check their records and investigate the problem with our Names. They did not.
On May 15, 2001, we still could not access our account to view the list of our registered Domain Names, make modifications to our accounts, sell or transfer any Domain Names without intervention from VeriSign/Network Solutions, or verify previous Name transfers. I then began receiving phone calls from other companies indicating that I had been named as the registrant for their domain names! I had never registered these names. VeriSign/Network Solutions had incorrectly designated us as the owner of their Names.
Our business has been decimated. We think that they are the worst domain name register company that exist today. We will never do business with them again. Their management is poor and unorganized.
want to bet i'm not first. Damn this 20 seconds :(
i think it sucks too
haxor!
FIRST POST!
Ninnle Linux...what the Linux world needs!
Jobs is a nice guy, and this article got me thinking. Is he representative for the american population? Are most americans smart and compassionate?
The US are having a hard time convincing the world that there were indeed weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. They have yet to produce any proof whatsoever. When they eventually find anything, the rest of the world will take it for granted that the US planted it, given their shoddy concepts of truth and justice.
What's really scary is that the US have no problems convincing their own. One out of every third american believes that the US have already found proof of WMD. What's even scarier is that almost 25% of the american population thinks that Iraq utilized WMD against the US in the recent invasion.
The US is the mightiest military force on the face of the earth. At the same time, they have got the most ignorant and easily manipulated inhabitants that you'll ever find. If this doesn't scary you, you're probably an american.
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
I think you don't know how to spell grammar.
War poll uncovers fact gap
A US source, even.
How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life
The trailers of mass destruction are not bio weapons producers. They were for production of hydrogen for balloons.
Really, you should get "well-informed" from something else than Fox Propaganda.
FUCK OFF TROLL
You're fucking HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII-LARIOUS. You should be on Comedy Central.
Note to Self: Cancel cable.
(+6, I'm laughing so hard you owe me a new keyboard, you bastard :)
HAR HAR HAR yuo are teh funnay!!!!!1!!!!1!
More specifically, with sources:
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http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4691603,
The 'mobile germ warfare labs' were, in fact, hydrogen producers for artillery balloons. Sold to Iraq by the UK. Oops.
What's the betting this gets zero play time in the US media?
How timely. Maybe next time you'll have some nice fresh Reagan jokes for us.
Ah yes, very true. In fact, I see my post is at +1 funny right now, but give it a few hours. It's only a matter of time because it gets to -1 Flamebait.
But who really cares? ;-)
Forget the whales - save the babies.
Mine has gone down to 0, and is now back at +3, where yours is also.
The intent was to make fun of how Jobs might think, rather than provide a valid observation about Microsoft or even a kneejerk "MS sucks".
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
did i miss anything that was altered other than the part about cowboy neal gear? I just skimmed it trying to find the gold
1) Your analysis is based on bad assumptions so your result is way off. 2) You're a sick bastard for fucking a horse.
There's a new kind of troll about. Read the above comment (cut 'n' pasted), and notice this line
"I think it sucks Cowboyneal's Dick!" said Jobs.
Somehow I don't think that that is in the original.
Fellowship 9/11