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Re: more internic fun, and an idea


From: Chris Cappuccio <chris () dqc org>
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 1999 08:09:49 -0700 (PDT)


Right on brother !!!!

On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Ehud Gavron wrote:

 | 
 | ...
 | >(2) It wasn't that long ago that two-week processing was standard for
 | >a lot of domain transactions.  They raised the bar on themselves by
 | >improving turnaround time through automatic processing.  I'm not sure
 | >that they should now have to pay a price for that.
 | 
 | 
 |      "Look how good you have it now" is not a valid excuse for incompetence.
 | 
 |      You probably meant "You can't make a silk purse from a sow's ear."
 | 
 |      Ehud
 | 
 |      "They" didn't raise the bar.  "They" committed to meeting
 |      the requirements of running the registration portion of InterNIC.
 | 
 |      "They" are incompetent bufoons, their staff unaware of their
 |      own rules, their web pages misinforming us, 'their clients',
 |      and their processes breaking down under stress.
 | 
 |      It's not up to us to excuse them from this incompetence by
 |      making solipsistic references to a bygone era where 'Teengs Was Bad'
 |      but to demand excellence and insist on it.
 |      
 |      Unfortunately, with Network Solutions, it's clear the real Solution
 |      is to replace them.
 | 
 | >--
 | >Mark Borchers
 | >NetworkTwo Communications Group
 | >"Give beer to those who are perishing..." (Proverbs 31:6)
 | 
 | 
 | 

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Corporations are too stupid to be evil, only people can be that.  -jwz




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