I have been visiting sites of all types for many years and have very rarely
looked at what hosting the sites are on. Ok this is something that some, but
only a minor minority will take into account.
Alan Moyne
-----Original Message-----
From: ilug-bounces at linux.ie [mailto:ilug-bounces at linux.ie]On Behalf Of
Michele Neylon :: Blacknight Solutions
Sent: 17 January 2004 18:27
To: Ilug
Subject: Fwd: RE: [ILUG] Hypocrisy?
> So if you saw a site selling Linux and windows product you could not trust
> the vendor unless they had a separate site on the appropriate hosting.
> or indeed dell and Acer laptops. I don't think I would move on
> until I found
> a site which only sells one item or brand
> I would be more inclined to base my opinion on the service and
> value of the
> product being sold.
Very true. But if the site ONLY sold linux products and services and claimed
that Open Source technology was the best, surely your feelings would be
different?
Linux is great, but maybe not good enough to host our site???
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