We’re perplexed about the intentions of the free name a galaxy web site, which cropped up on the web several years ago. It directly competes now with the the fund raising efforts of the name a galaxy service our astronomical observatory offers, which has been around since the original name a star phenomenon began. The free name a galaxy web site not only asks for no payment when someone names a galaxy, it criticizes the donation we ask for on our site. Unlike our attractive printed certificate and the other extras we offer, all that one gets at the free name a galaxy site is a computer-generated certificate that must be printed at one’s own expense. The “fee” that our competitor criticizes is a contribution towards the cost of astronomical research that we conduct at our observatory. The free name a galaxy web site gives a person nothing but an automated program that publishes the data that the galaxy registrant types into a web page form. But, as with most anything that’s free, there’s a catch. This name a galaxy website asks a person submit a name and e-mail address, even though all that is ever emailed to the registrant is a generated code that is inessential to the sign up. Why is this? You might surmise that the free name a galaxy internet site is the work of a a spammer who is compiling e-mail addresses that are later resold to a third party.
The manipulator of this free name a galaxy web site mentions that he has no purpose to sell email addresses. What is his intention? Why would he steal our name a galaxy innovation and make a free galaxy naming internet site? If he’s not harvesting e-mail addresses for spammers, then perchance he’s just mean. Our customer service phone number is clearly released on our internet site, but his is not. So it is impracticable to call him up and ask him what he’s up to.