[Leica] OT: hosting provider going belly up

[reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us (Brian Reid)]

> Also, a really dumb question: when I do a whois search on one of the
> domains I registered through those guys, greatpix.eu (but I just use
> the domain, no hosting in this case), the registrar is a different
> company. So even though I bought the domain through the company that
> is closing, is the domain ?safe?, or do I still need to do something
> with it?

The listed registrar for greatpix.eu is Register S.p.A.
Is that the company going out of business?

The .eu domain is owned and operated by eurid.eu, which I know to be 
stable. If one of its registrars goes belly-up, I trust Eurid to find a 
new one and connect you to it. The "registrar" is not the holder of the 
domain registration information but rather just the broker who did the 
administrative work for you.