What are they smoking?

Mon Sep 15 23:30:53 UTC 2003

> It's Verisign's return shot at the web browser "couldn't find this page"
> searches.  Doesn't seem to have much by way of advertising yet, but I'm
> sure that'll change.  I heard about this coming from somewhere last week,
> though I don't recall where.  Probably Wired or the WSJ.  Verisign wants
> the revenue that all those typos are generating.  It's just the next shot
> in the eyeball war.
>

I am guessing that given the relatively light penalty Register.com got for
its "Coming Soon" web pages, Verisign was encouraged to try the same thing
and will probably be glad to take the same penalty.

Deepak Jain
AiNET

What *are* they smoking?

What are they smoking?