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Verisign Gets Out of the Registrar Biz, Keeps .com Registry

Posted by michael on from the overpriced-cruddy-service dept.

Perianwyr Stormcrow writes "Verisign shot off a message today saying that they're selling off Network Solutions to Pivotal Private Equity (a firm specializing in picking up and turning around 'under-performing' businesses.) Perhaps Sitefinder was an attempt at maximizing shareholder value for the sale."

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  1. Re:It makes sense. by oolon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Whats so bad about it? Ok off the top of my head.....

    1) I cannot turn it off.
    2) Its in English (not the native tounge of the reader).
    3) It breaks the autocomplete url functionality because every time I typo a url it is added to my history, where as they are not added when a domain is not found. Making the right sites harder and harder to find.
    4) Search engine is paid for adverts.
    5) http is not the only protocol on the planet, its just one port of many.
    6) Why does verisign have the right to the wildcard, surely this is a valuable commonity and should have been sold off to the highest bidder?

    James