Very important informations here:
--------------------------- Mamba wrote: -------------------------------------
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say it aint so herko.. say it aint so.
Unfortunately, it seems like this is true
First few facts:
1) The domain www.xoops.com has been originally purchased by Henry Torres on December 7, 2001
You can see the first entry in www.domaintools.com
here from 2002-09-27 2) This domain was transferred to Herko Coomans on June 4, 2005, as you can see from:
a) Cache snapshot on Domaintools
(click here)b) xoops.com IP History
(click here)As it has been already said by other people, Herko Coomans acted at that time on behalf of XOOPS, as he was the XOOPS Project Manager. I couldn't find any official announcement about him becoming the XOOPS Project Manager, but already in July 2004 he was introducing himself to the outside world as the XOOPS Project Manager, as you can see in his message posted
in this thread:
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As you might -or might not- know, I'm the XOOPS Project manager, for whatever that is worth.
3) And as you can see from the xoops.com IP History
(click here), Herko transferred on August 2, 2008, the www.xoops.com to www.Sedoparking.com server, where it is listed as
"For Sale" (see here)Well, to be honest, I have a major problem if somebody, in an official positions in an organization, acquires a property (like a domain) while acting on the behalf of this organization, and then tries to sell it, instead of returning it to the organization...
Therefore, on behalf of XOOPS, I would like to ask Herko Coomans to immediately return the domain www.xoops.com to XOOPS, as it is a property of XOOPS. Of course, we'll be glad to reimburse Mr. Coomans for any expenses related to such transfer, as well as for any past payments for keeping the domain registered.
--------------------------- /Mamba wrote -------------------------------------
MORE: why Herko's price expectation is 500 EUR from a domain without content? Simple: because the domain XOOPS.COM got a PAGERANK 8 STOLEN FROM XOOPS.ORG (redirecting the domain to xoops.org IP). The pagerank of XOOPS.COM is FAKE, but will remain PR8 still October (3 months). Is a shame... Herko, from XOOPS CEO to BLACK HAT SEO:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hat_SEO
And remember: 500 EUR is just the start price. And of course, this is not just about money.
