[Gambas-user] Gambas.org is free

[Bodard Fabien]

Le vendredi 4 Mars 2005 01:42, Rob a écrit :
> 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
>

Thank you to increase my knowledge, rob !  :)

In fact there is many year that i work on internet but i've never take the 
time to learn all the little thing of the savage life on internet !

Fabien