They dont reply because they do the same thing. Now at least they know who is mining their whois database and have probably turned their scripts on that registrar.
Since when did slashdot become a bunch of sheep quick to cast judgement without knowing the full story.
Why dont you ask Tucows and Melbourne IT, Register.com and others to return the 30% + renewals they took from VeriSign doing the same thing over the past year and a half. VeriSign put an entire development effort to writing applications that send an email before you move notifying you that you are about to switch registrars and if this is what you want to do. Know what it got em? Nothing. So if you owned the company, what would you do? You fight back because if you continue to loose money, you go out of business.
Now, if you want to leave VeriSign because it can take months to get a name transferred and takes hours to maby talk to support, then go ahead. Thats reasonable.
Bash VeriSign for doing what they avoided doing for over a year and had no other choice because General_I_Work_For_Tucows_Corto is pissed that he is getting beat at his own game. Thats ignorance.
Timothy, I have read this board for a very long time. It saddens me to see an unresearched article like this.
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They dont reply because they do the same thing. Now at least they know who is mining their whois database and have probably turned their scripts on that registrar.
Since when did slashdot become a bunch of sheep quick to cast judgement without knowing the full story.
Why dont you ask Tucows and Melbourne IT, Register.com and others to return the 30% + renewals they took from VeriSign doing the same thing over the past year and a half. VeriSign put an entire development effort to writing applications that send an email before you move notifying you that you are about to switch registrars and if this is what you want to do. Know what it got em? Nothing. So if you owned the company, what would you do? You fight back because if you continue to loose money, you go out of business.
Now, if you want to leave VeriSign because it can take months to get a name transferred and takes hours to maby talk to support, then go ahead. Thats reasonable.
Bash VeriSign for doing what they avoided doing for over a year and had no other choice because General_I_Work_For_Tucows_Corto is pissed that he is getting beat at his own game. Thats ignorance.
Timothy, I have read this board for a very long time. It saddens me to see an unresearched article like this.