Feb. 12, 2020
5:13 a.m.
The web isn't just for the big corps. We need it to be for everyone, if we're going to support innovation, freedom, and widespread development. Verisign's offer of $20M isn't being generous. They will make more than than by raising the cost of domain names for everyone they can. The total costs ownership of websites can already be difficult for small businesses. Right now, domains and hosting are low costs, which offset all the costs of content and design. Let's keep domain costs low. Let's keep the web open to small businesses. Tell Verisign no deal.