GoDaddy conflict

[R P Herrold]

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, der.hans wrote:

> since godaddy is local and reported to be GNU/Linux friendly, this is news
> for us.

dunno what being FOSS friendly or no has to do with alleged 
'sharp' business practices, but ...

> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/29/0625249

from TFA: 'When a GoDaddy customer forgets or otherwise fails 
to renew a domain, GoDaddy sells it off ...'

If it expires, it expires.  One no longer owns any interest in 
it.  So?

HOWEVER: As to prospective acquirers of an expired domain 
(i.e., as a customer of 'TDNAM'), it would seen that a duty of 
loyalty, not to 'poach' nor to favor one customer over another 
except according to a previously agreed scheme, seems pretty 
obvious.

> I didn't see a response on the godaddy site.

This response from them seems apropos:

"Go Daddy has reviewed the auction and found nothing improper.

Adam Dicker's knowledge on the auction was no different from 
what any customer coming to our TDNAM site would have had.

To ensure customer confidence and to avoid any possible future 
questions of impropriety all GD employees are now and in the 
future prohibited from participating in TDNAM auctions, 
purchasing, sales & back orders."

- Christine Jones, Go Daddy General Counsel & Corporate 
Secretary

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-- Russ herrold