>The only people that *really* have cause to whine are Melbourne IT 
>stockholders that bought without realisation that the monopoly was
>going to end. And even they should have done their market research 
>properly.

Only if they were stupid enough to invest without reading the prospectus.
 From memory the introduction of competition in .au was flagged as a major
risk factor, and I think it was even assumed that it would occur well before
it actually did.

jon



>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
>Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 23:09:24 +1000 (EST)
>From: Saliya Wimalaratne <saliya&#167;hinet.net.au>
>To: "dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au" <dns§lists.auda.org.au>
>Subject: RE: [DNS] Thanks Melbourne IT
>
>
>On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, Dave Hooper wrote:
>
>> > My bitch is you have to wait until the domain name comes up 
>> > for renewal before you can move it, unlike the .com system 
>> > that lets you move the domain but just adds an extra year to 
>> > the renewal date as with TotalNIC.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Regards David Moore
>> > moored&#167;romtech.com.au
>> 
>> Yep, that's exactly the problem. And in the meantime they can approach
>> YOUR clients and say just about anything they like about you (or so it

>> seems).
>
>Hmm.
>
>A business protecting their (for what has been up 'til now) monopoly ?
>
>No!
>
>Shock! Horror!
>
>Come on guys; deal with it, show it for what it is, take the appropriate
>measures, and move on. 
>
>The only people that *really* have cause to whine are Melbourne IT 
>stockholders that bought without realisation that the monopoly was
>going to end. And even they should have done their market research 
>properly.
>
>(P.S. I love being right :)
>
>Regards,
>
>Saliya
>
>
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