Re: Where are the Registrars? (was Re: Why must there be one solution? was Re: Lists and EPP)

There's at least one registrar here.

Thx

Rick


On 6/10/11 4:39 AM, "Bernie Hoeneisen" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Ed et al.
> 
> On Thu, 9 Jun 2011, Edward Lewis wrote:
> 
>> A few messages back I mentioned that in meetings with some registries, doing
>> the work to increase commonality was judged to be "not worth it."  A response
>> on this list was that I was reporting something that was a sampling of a few
>> registries and not representative of registrars.
>> 
>> My comeback (which I just didn't get around to asking until now) is the
>> registries do know at some level of familiarity, what registrars go through.
>> The relationship is more symbiotic than adversarial.
> 
> As you know, I was with you while talking to Registries about EPP
> improvements. And I came to a similar conclusion: Registries have little
> motivation to "change a running system". Registries don't appear to have a
> problem.
> 
> Registries are often those who set the policies and build the (EPP)
> systems, sometimes with proprietary EPP extensions. Registrars, on the
> other hand, usually have to cope with what they get and find ways around
> the resulting problems. However, those who suffer from such problems are
> Registars!
> 
>> And, as a challenge, if registries' opinion is not sufficient, is there
>> any data that does come from registrars?
> 
> I have not observed major Registrar participation in the IETF (or other
> fora where EPP is discussed), which I believe is a significant cause of
> the mess that happened with real-life "extended" EPP.
> 
> Does anybody know, why there are so few Registrars active in this field?
> Any idea how to get more Registrars involved in EPP discussions?
> 
> cheers,
>   Bernie
> 
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