Re: AdaHome: was: Free GNU Ada Run-Time Book

[Christopher Browne <cbbrowne@acm.org>]

In the last exciting episode, "Jeffrey Creem" <jeff@thecreems.com> wrote::
> Wes Groleau" <wesgroleau@despammed.com> wrote in message
> news:V7lL9.2264$c6.2637@bos-> Perhaps Ada fans (or site-rot opponents) could
>> occasionally look for links to AdaHome and
>> politely suggest better sites to the webmasters.
>
> I've done that. Also both David Botton and myself have tried to by
> the adahome domain each time it comes up for renewal.  The last
> time, it was past expiration for about 30 days before the prior
> owner renewed it.

VeriSign Global Registry offers the functionality where domains will
be automatically renewed when they expire; the owners have to then pay
for the renewal, which presumably is happening in this case.

If Kempe Software Capital Enterprises want to keep the domain, they
are certainly free to do so, and you can't stop them...
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