Adrian, your dismissive attitude is a whole part of this problem. Makes 
me misread my email headers.

I'm running away from this industry. I've had it. Your short, sharp and 
witless responses display a complete lack of passion and care for what 
you've been entrusted with.

Let me remind you, it's not a natural monopoly. But can you seriously 
benefit from another - what is it - 10,000 names a year? 100,000?

Is that even enough to put on one more employee? Or is the registry fee 
still bankable? On the other hand it's enough to screw up the whole 
namespace and render a whole lot of existing investment worthless.

Maybe if you weren't quite so arrogant, especially in your position, 
people like me wouldn't get so worked up and insist on firing back at 
inappropriate moments, in appropriate manners and circumstances.

I've wasted some 12 years now on you people. You want so sell the farm? 
Fine, sell the farm. I'm moving to the city.

cb
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Adrian Kinderis wrote:
> There are other registries? When did this happen? I thought we had a
> monopoly?!
> 
> Also, to the drunken moron who left abusive messages on the office phone
> (no prizes for guessing) I have one question;
> 
> Who thinks about domain names so much that they drunk dial about
> them...? Now THAT's passion!
> 
> I guess we won't be hearing from cb until he wakes... hangover cure
> anyone?
> 
> For the record, nothing has been enTRUSTed to us. We have contractual
> obligations. I only wish it were AusRegistry's decision (or the
> registrars for the matter) to decide on these issues.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> Chief Executive Officer
> AusRegistry International Pty Ltd
> Level 8, 10 Queens Road
> Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004
> Ph: +61 3 9866 3710
> Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
> Email: adrian§ausregistry.com
> Web: www.ausregistryinternational.com
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+adriank=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+adriank=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Sean K. Finn
> Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 3:17 AM
> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Australia registers more .au than .com domains
> 
> Apart from Adrian benefiting, will anyone other than the registrars and
> registries benefit?
> 
> You are the caretaker of .au, act accordingly, try not to rape that
> which has been enTRUSTed to you.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+sean.finn=ozservers.com.au§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+sean.finn=ozservers.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Adrian Kinderis
> Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 8:20 AM
> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Australia registers more .au than .com domains
> 
> Please open up .au just so I get to read more of this enthralling
> rhetoric.
> 
> Adrian Kinderis
> Chief Executive Officer
> AusRegistry International Pty Ltd
> Level 8, 10 Queens Road
> Melbourne. Victoria Australia. 3004
> Ph: +61 3 9866 3710
> Fax: +61 3 9866 1970
> Email: adrian§ausregistry.com
> Web: www.ausregistryinternational.com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+adriank=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+adriank=ausregistry.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Bell
> Sent: Friday, 29 June 2007 1:22 AM
> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Australia registers more .au than .com domains
> 
> 
> No! Don't!
> 
> To open 1st LD .AU domains is to misunderstand the significant role that
> 
> we played in the creation of this whole catastrophe in the first place -
> 
> to misunderstand why the 2LDs were birthed and where they were borne 
> from. And why.
> 
> We inherited our .AU infrastructure as a result of our involvement in 
> the initial deployment of the Internet. It's not our structure that 
> needs correcting, it's the TLD itself.
> 
> The whole DNS system was designed around redundancy, and what would 
> survive in a post-apocalyptic context. Commercialising it is akin to 
> breaking out the 4WD Ladas on a snow-laden CSKA Moscow pitch - 
> impressive, but pointless.
> 
> .AU used to be over-regulated, but now it's very competitive. I can't 
> see any justification for further de-regulation at this time that won't 
> undermine the value of all the domains that the rest of you have been 
> holding onto and profiting from.
> 
> Many of you are paying premium for the likes of M.I.T. to "manage" your 
> domains. But many of you want to increase your margins.
> 
> You could lose all of that. Everything. Once .com.au becomes 
> un-regulated as .au - the likes of DNA will pounce, this time
> legitimised.
> 
> The .AU part will become almost irrelevant.
> 
> Sure, the Eneticas and NetRegistries will make their 10% margin, but the
> 
> consequences... You will damn the market forever.
> 
> It's all very nice to say that the TLD can buy back a 2LD if necessary -
> 
> but that's simply not realistic. You're either in or you're out. Once 
> the TLD is in, the 2LD is out.
> 
> And I'm out too.
> 
> 
> One policy that we've stuck by, all along, is that com.au has to be 
> registered to a trading entity. That policy has served us well and I see
> 
> no reason to change it.
> 
> 
> cb
> --
> 
> 
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