Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing

["kidsearch" <kidsearch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Sotiris. Absolutely right. Anytime someone says they are going to put
something to its best use is stating they believe they know what is best for
everyone. Its an arrogant statement at best.

All prices equal all of the time. That is the best way to foster
competition.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <sotiris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 10:57 AM
Subject: Re: [ga] Tiered (Variable) Pricing


> Michael,
>
> There can be no compromise on this issue.
>
> Michaelʼs idea that &#8220;tiered pricing provides the registry with the
> ability to allocate names in an equitable, non-discriminatory fashion, to
> ensure that the domain names are being put to the best use&#8221; is
> inherently discriminatory as it begs the question: who defines what
> &#8220;best use&#8221; is for any given domain name?
>
> Sotiris Sotiropoulos
>
>
> > Hello All:
> >
> > In the interesting of continuing a very constructive dialog with regard
> > to tiered pricing, I have published the following article on CircleID,
> > see http://www.circleid.com/posts/tiered_variable_pricing_compromise/.
> > Some of the initial comments such as George's continues to take an "all
> > or nothing approach" to the current registry contracts.  The purpose of
> > this article was to address what I saw as one loophole which could be
> > closed to protect reasonable expectation interests of registrants while
> > allowing registries the flexibility to use tiered(variable) pricing in
> > their business operations.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Michael D. Palage
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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