My guess is he is no longer the head of security and they can afford more A talent then they could several years ago. On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 7:18 PM, James Finstrom wrote: > um smoke crack much.... > In the end Godaddy is the wal-mart of registrars. You don't go there because > they are the best at what they do, you go because they are the cheapest at > what they do. I am not aware of any other registrar that will sell you a $1 > domain name. If someone else does let me know and I will be happy to use em. > I don't use any of their up-sells but I usually buy my domains there because > they are dirt cheap. > As far as the old "antidote"  When their head security cant secure his own > crap legal or not then I would suspect he can't secure others. If he is in > the driver seat of the team I would assume he is what they consider their > "smartest choice" > As we have seen lately script kiddies are taking down big > multinational corporations so all around I would say the state of security > over all is crap. > --James > > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Lisa Kachold > wrote: >> >> Steven, >> >> Everyone "projects" onto others what they feel themselves at first onion >> layer.  Some of us can identify our feelings (jealousy, or another of the 7 >> deadlies) and extract gossip from fact to understanding of process and >> duties in technical professions and shops. >> >> At GoDaddy.com ticket hockey is a large part of most of the jobs, >> requiring a specific type of conformist. >> >> Their top linux people and developers are deeply involved; they allow >> little creative thought or engineering direction from the mass of employees. >> >> It's their culture.  Unfortunately GoDaddy.com has dropped in the hosting >> rankings over the last few years, perhaps due to inability to innovate, poor >> support for common users, and management shakeups. >> >> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Steven Stremciuc >> wrote: >>> >>> James, that's a strange conclusion to draw from one (years old) anecdote. >>> >>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 9:28 AM, James Finstrom >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Years ago one of their head security guys got busted for kiddy porn. >>>> This told me their security folks aren't that bright >>>> >>>> On Jul 3, 2011 6:18 AM, "Lisa Kachold" wrote: >>>> > Ed, >>>> > >>>> > On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 12:20 AM, Ed wrote: >>>> > >>>> >> GoDaddy sold for $2.25B to KKR etc >>>> >> >>>> > >>>> > Hopefully, this might give them some new management. It's like a >>>> > Chinese >>>> > firedrill every six months over there? >>>> > >>>> > The ONLY department that is well managed is their Security Services >>>> > team. >>>> > >>>> > http://mashable.com/2011/07/02/godaddy-sold/ >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > (602) 791-8002 Android >>>> > (623) 239-3392 Skype >>>> > (623) 688-3392 Google Voice >>>> > ** >>>> > HomeSmartInternational.com >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> >> >> -- >> (602) 791-8002  Android >> (623) 239-3392 Skype >> (623) 688-3392 Google Voice >> >> HomeSmartInternational.com >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss