Hi Mark. Is <a href="http://amarok.de">amarok.de</a> still available/useful, seeing as the project is for the most part based in Germany?<br>I suppose that's always worth a try.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 31, 2008 7:37 PM, Mark Kretschmann <<a href="mailto:kretschmann@kde.org">kretschmann@kde.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi all,<br><br>lately I've been thinking a lot about the future of our project, which<br>
inevitably led me to ponder the question of a decent Internet domain<br>for our site. Currently we're using <a href="http://amarok.kde.org" target="_blank">amarok.kde.org</a>, which surely isn't<br>a bad domain. But with the project's continuing growth, I foresee a<br>
situation where we would very much like to have a "better" domain.<br><br>Please keep the following in mind: The later one acts in this regard,<br>the more expensive it is going to become. Today I've read about the<br>
struggle of Opera Software with getting the <a href="http://opera.com" target="_blank">opera.com</a> domain, which<br>they tried to obtain way too late. Nowadays they have <a href="http://opera.com" target="_blank">opera.com</a>, but<br>
it cost them big $$$.<br><br>My prime target at this point is <a href="http://amarok.org" target="_blank">amarok.org</a>. This domain is currently<br>used by a single (AFAIK US American) guy for the sole purpose of doing<br>
his private email correspondence. I know for a fact that our Jeff<br>Mitchell has already tried to talk to this guy a while ago, and the<br>guy "friendly denied" giving up his domain.<br><br>But I think the domain is so important to the project in the long run<br>
that we should try again, and we should be prepared to offer a certain<br>amount of money for it. I'm personally thinking we could go as far as<br>$1000 for <a href="http://amarok.org" target="_blank">amarok.org</a> at this point. (Of course we would first try to<br>
bargain with him and not offer this sum right away.)<br><br>I'm fairly convinced that if we wait any longer, the price could only<br>rise. I wouldn't be surprised if the domain would cost us as much as<br>$10000 two years in the future.<br>
<br>Additionally, there are some other possible targets for us, some which<br>are not even registered yet:<br><br><a href="http://amarok.be" target="_blank">amarok.be</a> (unregistered)<br><a href="http://amarok.info" target="_blank">amarok.info</a> (seems to be a parking site)<br>
<br>...and maybe more.<br><br><br>Please let me know what you think, and let me stress again that this<br>topic might become more important in the future than meets the eye.<br><font color="#888888"><br>--<br>Mark<br>_______________________________________________<br>
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