Re: registrars the big winners?

[pat forrestal <pf@laie.1sc.com>]

yes,

but obviously they cannot all register at the same time and also have 
duplicate names to submit. 

how you figure on these points?  ^-^

patforrestal   kaneohe, hi.
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On Fri, 14 Nov 1997, Antony Van Couvering wrote:

> Pat,
> 
> I cannot see how having 86 registrars makes the possibility of getting a
> name any less likely than having one.  Doesn't compute.
> 
> The public will be very well served by not being subject to the whimsical
> business practices of just one registrar.  You can choose the one you like
> to work with.
> 
> Registrars are not allowed to register names for themselves and then resell
> them.  I can tell you that, to date at least, CORE takes this very seriously.
> 
> How do you figure?
> 
> Antony
> 
> At 02:18 PM 11/13/97 -1000, pat forrestal wrote:
> >it would seem to me that at this point the only 'winners' in the
> >pre-registration sweepstakes are the registrars who stand to capitalize on
> >every variation of good words in the dictionary. 
> >
> >now at $50 a pop or more($30,000?), there are 86 new multi-millionaries
> >being made at the expense of the duped public which can't even be assurred
> >of getting their chosen domain name with so many registrars. 
> >
> >what a bummer.. 
> >
> >pat forrestal
> >
>