Re: Good Domain List one step closer to reality (actually two steps)

On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:39:39PM +0200, Alex van den Bogaerdt wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 01:26:09PM +0200, Koen Martens wrote:
> > Only, the knife cuts at two sides here: not only the cost for spammers
> > is increased. The cost is also increased for normal, trustworthy small
> > companies. I resent the idea that you only are trustworthy if you can
> > cough up the dough. I know this makes perfect sense in a capitalistic
> > mindset, but i think it's despicable.
> So, you are using free Internet access for your company ?  Or do you
> pay $bigbucks for your "right" to be part of the Internet?
>
> Do not forget that the "normal, trustworthy small companies" need to
> "cough up the dough" once in every <foo> years whereas spammers will
> have to pay every <bar> days.
I pay for my internet connection, yes. For that I get a team of good
technicians that maintain and buy the hardware i use to get internet
connectivity. What do I get if I pay to buy the right to send email?
Some anonymous John Doe will put a stamp on some form, 2 minutes work
and presto $300 earned.  What's
next, are we going to put up a price to setting up a website, just so
that we know no fake websites will be set up? 

Buying rights is ridiculous, if you ask me. Call me old fashioned, but I
still believe in the internet as 'a free flow of information', not as an
extension of the corporate domain, where corporations set the rules and
everyone is to obey (=pay) or go away..

Why not come up with some scene where you pay, and after a year when
you've proven you are trustworthy, get most of that money back?? I'll
tell you why, because then nobody can fill their pockets anymore. 

> No, this is not a plea for paying $lots_of_money to $accreditor.  I'm
> just pointing out that IMHO you are not only missing the point but are
> also part of that capitalistic world that you despise.
Being part of it is something else than embracing it whole-heartedly. If
you knew my company, you wouldn't probably even made this comment. I'll
refrain from getting personal now, although i think this is a bit below
the belt.

Koen

> just my 2c
> cheers,
> Alex
>
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