R: OT: the end of Dyn DNS

[Grant Taylor]

On 6/27/19 5:09 PM, John H. Reinhardt via cctalk wrote:
> What I've usually heard is don't have your domain registrar also be your 
> site host.  Like GoDaddy.

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> Apparently some people have had problems with the host not letting 
> them move the name registration when switching hosting providers. 
> Or vice versa.

Ah.  Vendor lock in.

I'm guessing that people buy packages that are only valid as a complete 
package.  So when you try to break the package, everything in the 
package vaporizes.  Much like triple play TV / Internet Phone from the 
Cable / Phone company.

> I don't have any experience with that. I've either self hosted or, 
> like now, have co-located hardware.

:-)



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