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On Mon, April 23, 2012 10:59 am, Daniel James wrote:

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> Hi Patrick,

>

>> I have received the order details from the owners of the linuxaudio.com

>> domain.

>>

>> They are asking for 30 for the domain.

>

> My personal view is that there is no return on that investment. If it

> belonged to a community member who would use the cash to develop our

> kind of software, I might feel differently, but I don't think that's the

> case here.

>

> Also, I wouldn't want to encourage domain name speculation.

>

>> We just need 313 people to contribute  each and we can have it.

>

> There are probably better causes to raise cash for, like sponsoring

> less-well-off developers so they can present at LAC.

>

I came to the same conclusion myself. That's why I secured
    linux-audio.com
I think it works better as it provides a bit more distinction for our

immediate community and is not too different as to be completely confusing

for the uninitiated.
I'll also add that as long as that url is out of action it means our SEO

is better quality.
I do wonder what the owner would do with it if they did try to capitilise

on it. They would be hard pressed to compete with the whole community in

terms of SEO.
--

Patrick Shirkey

Boost Hardware Ltd

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