synth-diy.org - more news

[The Proteus]

On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, David Halliday wrote:

> Also, as just a comment, I realize that NetworkSolutions.com isn't the
> fastest acting agency in this world ( I have several grisly horror stories
> available ), BUT... they generally get a new registrant up and running on
> the whois screen pretty quickly ( fresh blood... <grin> )
> 
> Just did a whois and got:
> 
>     No match for "SYNTH-DIY.ORG".
> 
>     You agree that you will not reproduce, sell, transfer, or
>     modify any of the data presented in response to your search request, or
>     use of any such data for commercial purpose, without the prior
>     express written permission of Network Solutions.
> 
> 
> I then went to the registry section and asked to register synth-diy.org and
> got:
> 
>     synth-diy.org is available.
>     These Web Addresses are also available!
>     Register your name in all 3 extensions (.com, .net, .org) to create a
> stronger Internet identity.
>     Just click the box next to each Web Address you want to register.
>     synth-diy.com
>     synth-diy.net
> 
> I recently sold my old domain name ( greymatter.com ) and created a new one
> ( synthstuff.com ).  When I filled out the form to register synthstuff.com,
> out of a perverse curiosity, I tried to register it later that day and was
> told that the domain was not available.
> 
> Proteus has claimed ownership of that synth-diy.xxx for more than a week but
> I simply do not see any indication of this from the current world registrar
> of internet names.
> 
> 
> Maybe I should take it...  <g>
> 
> 

For the record, I did not register the synth-diy.* domains out of respect
for objection from list owners and long standing members of the Synth-DIY
community here. Once I received approval, I would then register them. (not
that I needed it). Of course, I could still just register it outright, and
upset a lot of people... but I would prefer not to. 
	On another note, it seems that some people are talking about my
site as "moving the synth-diy mailing list elsewhere" - I have no
intention of doing so, and if I implied this previously, I apologize. I'd
just like to create yet another forum for Synth-DIY discussion, and help
out people moving from Geocities, et al. to a new site that would be able
to handle their needs. 

Proteus

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