[cobalt-users] Re: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #530 - 20 msgs

[Jay Tingley <jayt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Tony at isplists@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes... ]

> Has Cobalt asked you what YOUR customers want in hosting services?
> Radical idea huh? Something only a heretic would consider. Imagine that...
> ask the customer what they need or want! Cobalt, if your listening go to one
> of the dozen web hosting guide sites. Go look at the feature list of the
> $19.95-$29.95 a month virtual web hosting accounts from the top ten hosting
> outfits.

> Better yet shell out the few bucks and actually sign up for several of these
> accounts, get your user name and go use it. Build and manage a test web site.
> Then build ALL of those features into the Raq4 ready to run out of the box
> so that a hosting outfit could offer the same features to their customers
> right off the bat instead of toiling away in a telnet  window endlessly
> tweaking and installing 'unsupported' software packages.

I couldn't agree with you more tony. And I'd also like to add, many of us
like to keep it _simple_ so we can spend the extra time we save servicing
our customers instead.

I would be very interested to know what % of smaller web hosting companies
comprise the Cobalt RaQ market... I'd bet it's a good chunk.

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