[Gambas-user] Gambas.org is free

[Rob]

On Thursday 03 March 2005 18:18, Leo Barnhoorn wrote:
> I like to help but see below.

Yeah, that's a domain squatter.

These days there's no use announcing to a list that a domain is 
available.... if you don't grab it the same day it expires 
someone like these guys will get it. That is what happened 
today. As the guy responsible for the site you get if you put 
"gambas" into Google and click "I'm Feeling Lucky", Benoit 
should expect an email in a couple days or weeks offering to 
sell it to him for US$2000 or so. Also, anyone hoping to correct 
this problem by shelling out for a domain, DO NOT request a 
quote, because every time someone does the price will increase 
dramatically. It's even possible the squatter will not sell the 
domain, but only "rent" it to you at an exorbitant price.

The bottom line is that gambas.org will now almost certainly not 
be available for the foreseeable future.... the domain for a 
mailing list I was on expired accidentally in 1999, and the 
squatter is STILL sitting on it.  All because someone posted 
about it to the list rather than just spending the 10 euros to 
register it and then transfer it to Benoit.  (I don't mean any 
disrespect to Fabien, because most people don't know how these 
people operate... just explaining how to prevent these things 
from happening in the future.)

Interesting that the registration seems to have been created in 
the future.

Rob