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Andrzej Bartosiewicz is CEO at Yonita Inc., an offshoot of Yon Consulting, which he co-founded in 2010. He was previously a Member of the Board of CENTR, having served as Chair from 2006 to 2010. From 2001 to 2010, he was Director of the .pl registry, NASK. He is a Member of ICANN's Incident Response Working Group, and has been a part of ISOC Poland since 2000. Bartosiewicz served as Head of Delegation of the Polish Government to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Chairman and Rapporteur of the ITU-T Study Group from 2005 to 2009. He was also a Member of the Domain Arbitration Committee at the Polish Chamber of Informatics and Telecommunication (PIIT) from 2002 until 2003...read more

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Tucows, an acronym for The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software, is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. 1993 Tucows began in Flint, Michigan. It was originally started by Scott Swedorski as a website to offer software on a freeware or shareware basis. 1995 Tucows is aquired by Toronto-based ISP Internet Direct. 1999 Tucows is accredited by ICANN as a domain name registrar. 2000 Tucows launches an OpenSRS platform and began accepting domain name registrations from ISPs and web hosting companies. 2001 Tucows merges with Infonautics, Inc., an internet information services company. 2006 Tucows acquires NetIdentity. At the time, NetIdentity owned 68% of all US and European surname domain names. 2007 Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com,, a privately held ICANN-accredited wholesale registrar offering domain services through a network of over 2,500 affiliates with over 700,000 domains under management. 2008 Tucows launches Hover.com. Tucows discontinues ItsYourDomain.com, NetIdentity, and DomainDirect, merges them, and forms Hover. 2008 Tucows announces the launch of Butterscotch.com, an online video network with video tutorials to explain internet technology. 2010 Tucows announces that it has undertaken a "Dutch auction" to purchase 3.9 million shares of its stock for a $.70 per share.....read more

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-'''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. They currently host more than 40,000 titles that are proven vires- and spyware-free through an international network of partner sites. These partner sites ensure that software downloads are fast, local, and secure. Apart from Tucows.com, Tucows also owns many other sites.....[[Tucows|read more]]
+'''Tucows''', an acronym for '''The Ultimate Collection of Winsock Software''', is best known for its popular website directory of shareware, freeware, and demo software packages available for download. '''1993''' Tucows began in Flint, Michigan. It was originally started by [[Scott Swedorski]] as a website to offer software on a freeware or shareware basis. '''1995''' Tucows is aquired by Toronto-based ISP Internet Direct. '''1999''' Tucows is accredited by [[ICANN]] as a domain name registrar. '''2000''' Tucows launches an Open[[SRS]] platform and began accepting domain name registrations from [[ISP]]s and web hosting companies. '''2001''' Tucows merges with Infonautics, Inc., an internet information services company.  '''2006''' Tucows acquires [[NetIdentity]]. At the time, [[NetIdentity]] owned 68% of all US and European surname domain names. '''2007''' Tucows acquires ItsYourDomain.com,, a privately held [[ICANN]]-accredited wholesale registrar offering domain services through a network of over 2,500 affiliates with over 700,000 domains under management. '''2008''' Tucows launches [[Hover.com]]. Tucows discontinues ItsYourDomain.com, NetIdentity, and DomainDirect, merges them, and forms Hover. '''2008''' Tucows announces the launch of [[Butterscotch.com]], an online video network with video tutorials to explain internet technology. '''2010''' Tucows announces that it has undertaken a "Dutch auction" to purchase 3.9 million shares of its stock for a $.70 per share.....[[Tucows|read more]]
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