New internet domains for the Amarok project

[Tyson Key]

Hi Mark. Is amarok.de still available/useful, seeing as the project is for
the most part based in Germany?
I suppose that's always worth a try.


On Jan 31, 2008 7:37 PM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> lately I've been thinking a lot about the future of our project, which
> inevitably led me to ponder the question of a decent Internet domain
> for our site. Currently we're using amarok.kde.org, which surely isn't
> a bad domain. But with the project's continuing growth, I foresee a
> situation where we would very much like to have a "better" domain.
>
> Please keep the following in mind: The later one acts in this regard,
> the more expensive it is going to become. Today I've read about the
> struggle of Opera Software with getting the opera.com domain, which
> they tried to obtain way too late. Nowadays they have opera.com, but
> it cost them big $$$.
>
> My prime target at this point is amarok.org. This domain is currently
> used by a single (AFAIK US American) guy for the sole purpose of doing
> his private email correspondence. I know for a fact that our Jeff
> Mitchell has already tried to talk to this guy a while ago, and the
> guy "friendly denied" giving up his domain.
>
> But I think the domain is so important to the project in the long run
> that we should try again, and we should be prepared to offer a certain
> amount of money for it. I'm personally thinking we could go as far as
> $1000 for amarok.org at this point. (Of course we would first try to
> bargain with him and not offer this sum right away.)
>
> I'm fairly convinced that if we wait any longer, the price could only
> rise. I wouldn't be surprised if the domain would cost us as much as
> $10000 two years in the future.
>
> Additionally, there are some other possible targets for us, some which
> are not even registered yet:
>
> amarok.be (unregistered)
> amarok.info (seems to be a parking site)
>
> ...and maybe more.
>
>
> Please let me know what you think, and let me stress again that this
> topic might become more important in the future than meets the eye.
>
> --
> Mark
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