Re: An Open Letter to the IAHC

[Kevin Brown <kevinbr@netcomm.ie>]

Hank,

 I am sure you are aware that these companies are not making money. Running
a directory service might generate cash, or might not. They are not making
a profit, that is for sure. They are depending on venture capital that gets
excited about the Internet market. a lot of them will evolve or disapear.

Which I guess is the same as registries, they will evolve or disappear.

I personally would not get into the registry business under the current
climate of the IAHC draft. Lose money hand over fist with this wooley
shared registry idea.

By the way, we run several Regional directories ala Yahoo and do not make a
penny, but we do not loose a penny, because they run themselves. No w
theres a thought, a serf-service registry! :-)


Kevin
( www.middle-east-pages.com )

At 22:11 +0300 29/12/96, Hank Nussbacher wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Dec 1996, John Palmer wrote:
>> Someone please explain why anyone would want to volunteer to
>> become a registry when they have no lock on a source of income because
>> they dont have exclusive rights to own a gTLD property.
>
>Why are there a few dozen companies that publish classic books whose
>copyright has expired?  They don't have an exclusive and they have lots
>of competition.  They do it cuz they believe they can advertise better,
>lock up marketing agreements with chains, etc.  You will have to learn how
>to differentiate your product from others.  How does Lycos survive vs.
>Excite, Infoseek or Yahoo?  I suggest you go review your college notes
>from Business 101.
>
>> John Palmer
>>
>
>Hank Nussbacher
>IAHC member
>[the views expressed above belong to the author and do not
>necessarily reflect the views of the other IAHC members]


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