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The .EU Landrush Fiasco

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the yeehaw dept.

googleking writes "Bob Parsons, CEO and Founder of GoDaddy.com, has blogged about the .EU landrush fiasco. During the landrush phase for names which opened last Friday, established 'big name' registrars got exactly equal chances of registering names as did anyone who chose to bill themselves as a registrar. Bob asserts that hundreds of these new 'registrars' are actually fake fronts for a big name US company." From the article: "Here's how it works: All the accredited registrars line up and each registrar gets to make one request for a .EU domain name. If the name is available, the registrar gets the name for its customer. If the name is not available, the registrar gets nothing. Either way, after making the request, the registrar goes to the back of the line and won't get to make another request, until all the registrars in the line in front of it make their requests. This continues until all requests have been made and the landrush process is over ... The landrush process on the surface seems very fair. But there was something wrong with the process -- very wrong."

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  1. This is why.... by SpaceCadetTrav · · Score: 4, Funny

    This is why I live in the .com.

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    Life in Orange County
  2. Good leaning experience for .xxx by MooseTick · · Score: 4, Funny

    If the .xxx ever gets implemented, this will be a good learning experience. You know there will be a massive dash for millions of xxx domains. Whoever gets to some first may become instant millionaires! I know I'll be going for bbqplate.xxx so I can show bbq porno to the masses!

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  3. Re:The message is clear: by Chris+Pimlott · · Score: 4, Funny

    The proper form is "NetCraft confirms it: .EU is dying"

  4. Pisses me off... by oO_oO_Dave_Oo_Oo · · Score: 5, Funny

    People are just too greedy these days.

    Dave
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    www.da.eu
    www.dav.eu
    www.dave.eu
    www.david.eu

  5. Unfair? by mattwarden · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfair?

    * People set up process that my 5-year old niece would have realized wouldn't work.
    * Process doesn't work.

    Seems pretty fair to me.

  6. May I Be The First To Say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    www.mondi.eu

  7. Re:The Problem with Queuing by nagora · · Score: 2, Funny
    with one person "holding" spaces for twenty of his friends

    Try that in a queue in Northern Ireland and you'll have one person holding twenty teeth in their hands, and rightly so.

    TWW

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    "Encyclopedia" is to "Wikipedia" what "Library" is to "Some people at a bus stop"
  8. Re:Who said business is fair? by frank_adrian314159 · · Score: 2, Funny
    Do you really think Western Europe and North America would be better off if our business cultures fully embraced the models of Nigeria and Russia?

    I don't know... There are several people from Nigeria who write every day wanting to share their wealth with me! Some of them are moving to Russia, too, because I get emails from them also!

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    That is all.
  9. Re:"DNS servers too busy" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I just hope that no one has taken SucksToB.eu yet...