Re: [Sqlgrey-users] sqlgrey domain names

[Karl O. P. <ko...@me...>]

On 01/20/2010 02:14:14 PM, Lionel Bouton wrote:
> Bill McGonigle a écrit, le 01/20/2010 08:57 PM :
> > Hi, Lionel,
> >
> > I registered sqlgrey.org/com a couple years ago, just to put a
> > redirect in place before the squatters decided to advertise on 
> them.
> 
> > They're up for a renewal in a few months and I'm trying to cut down
> my
> > budget where I can.  I figured I'd ask on the list if anybody 
> wanted
> > to take them over, but clearly you should have first dibs.
> 
> Hum. Let's discuss this on the list. I'd like to know if someone 
> might
> have been confused by a spammer page on sqlgrey.org/com. No need to
> waste money on domains if nobody uses them. If they have their use I
> can
> take over.

I don't know that someone _would_ be confused, but it's
pretty easy to imagine that someone would take the domain
and use it to deliberately confuse.  Whether someone
would bother is another matter.

It's oh-so-professional to have a domain.  It makes
pointy haired bosses happy when you're getting approval
to use something.  

If you run your own webserver you
can always redirect the domains' urls to the sqlgrey.sourceforge.net
domain.  That way you don't lose your google ranking, etc.

OTOH, it's $10/year/domain (ish) you have to be willing
to put forward.


Karl <ko...@me...>
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