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Re: [ldraw.org] Domain Registration
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lugnet.cad.dev
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Wed, 14 Apr 1999 11:24:25 GMT
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At 05:00 AM 4/14/99 +0000, Mike Stanley wrote:
> > Domains cost $70 USD for 2 years and $35 USD for each subsequent year. At
> > this point in time, I would only like $70 to be sent to my house. I do not
> > want to be responsible for (even a small amount) of group money for use in
> > future renewal of the domain.
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> Caught a link to this article on Slashdot today. Given that we're
> almost halfway through April it might be a good idea to wait just a
> bit on this.
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> http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2240608,00.html
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> Network Solutions' monopoly is ending. Prices for domain registration
> are expected to drop, with some analysts saying the price may be less
> than $15 but more than $2.
Ok, read the article. I agree, its a good time to wait. However, this all
depends on the completion timeframe for ldraw.org versus how the government
is on its latest venture sticking its hand into free enterprise.
(not so upset here though, since we get a price cut) :P
> Not that $70 is a great deal of money given the number of people who
> will throw in $5 or $10 (count me in), but if there's a chance the
> price could be cut by up to 3/4 or more...
If it is indeed that much, then it is definitely worth waiting.
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| (...) If money is the issue, then count me in for whatever it takes to make it happen right now rather than later. I don't think it pays to delay registration of something this important. --Todd (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| (...) I'm no economist, but I don't think that you could call what the govt is doing here "sticking its hand into free enterprise". Network Solutions has, at this moment, a legal monopoly, so there is NO free enterprise. This might be considered an (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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| I feel it is an appropriate time to register the domain name and take donations for it. I figure I will not waste time contacting Larry via email, but go ahead with handling donations myself since he has been absent (or at least hasn't posted) here (...) (26 years ago, 14-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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