-----Original Message----- From: Shawn Bakhtiar <shashan...@hotmail.com> Date: Friday, February 22, 2013 12:06 AM To: "bind-users@lists.isc.org" <bind-users@lists.isc.org> Subject: RE: Registrar that supports self-run domains and provides DNSSEC support
>2) We don't buy or maintain street addresses from a for profit company, >why should domain name be any different? Domain name registration should >be a free government/ ma'bell function. Being an outsider with no beef or raves for GD (just realized that sounds like something else), I feel this isn't necessarily true. Government functions rarely get ran well, at least here in the US. They're slow, bloated, and tend to spend lots of tax dollars (not really free) producing things hackers easily circumvent the day after release. Also, in ma'bell (er um netsol?) fashion, lack of competition stifles innovation. Of course all the registrars don't do what any one of us likes, but at least there is choice. Lack of competition also tends to drive price up vs down. However, I'm not sure making choices based on "cheaper" and then complaining about quality makes sense. I'd like to think such gems could exist, but it's certainly not illogical to expect problems from free services with less money to devote to improving their infrastructure or conducting R&D to adopt new technologies. I know this last bit from experience, having worked at CELECs back in the day and running an ISP that was severely underfunded because the Internet was "new" and couldn't be trusted like a telephone. Lots of committed people working long hours for very little, but there's only so much you can do with blood, sweat and tears. _______________________________________________ Please visit https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users to unsubscribe from this list bind-users mailing list bind-users@lists.isc.org https://lists.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/bind-users
