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[Anner van Hardenbroek <dwlnetnl AT gmail.com>]

Yes, Jeff, the consistency is important. That's a thought I had a few years 
ago also.

Op 10 feb. 2013 om 00:39 heeft Jeff Taylor <shdwdrgn AT sourpuss.net> het 
volgende geschreven:

> Regardless of how this goes, each TLD operator would still retain the
> option to manage their TLD completely independently.  The problem is,
> we've seen a few times how that can lead to a bad outcome.
> 
> Honestly, my biggest problem with the current methods is that users have
> to log in to a different registrar site for every domain they have under
> a different TLD.  There is no consistency in the interface between
> sites, and the whole thing comes across as a bunch of guys running a
> hodge-podge of servers out of their basements...  Sure, when you break
> it down that is exactly what we are -- but it doesn't mean we can't have
> a professional appearance.
> 
> We tried to bring it all together with gallium, but fred (the back-end
> for data storage) takes so much effort to set up that very few have
> actually managed it, plus it still doesn't provide for a lot of features
> we need.  The goal of the new project is a distributed setup with an
> extremely simple interface to store and retrieve data.  You don't need
> to know LDAP to use it, you just have to install the tools package on
> your server, and you can communicate with one of the existing LDAP
> servers.  Even if operators choose to run their TLD independently, the
> option will still be there to allow easy storage of their data.
> 
> 
> 
> On 02/09/2013 07:29 AM, Anner van Hardenbroek wrote:
>>> I like the idea that OpenNIC facilitates and standarizes this structure
>> I think it's good, indeed, but I think it's important that there is 
>> autonomy and flexibility of the server admin to some of the stuff they 
>> want.
>> 
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