Re: On the topic of domain names expiring
I was in a similar position of warning about an impending domain expiration. We were a much smaller company (I also warned my manager, the rest of my technical team, my CTO, COO, and the CEO, but they were all the same person).
In our case, our domain name was grandfathered in, it was a format that was no longer valud, so I don't think we could ever have reacquired it if our were to lapse.
This was a yearly ritual, since the boss would only renew one year at a time. I eventually asked if I should be looking for another job. Boss seemed shocked, asked why. I pointed out that the anoncompany.com domain was critical to our business, if we lost the domain, we shut the doors. Despite that, he was only renewing for a year at a time, which implies he wasn't necessarily planning on being in business in two years.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
