Re: [cobalt-users] Regarding new homepage

["Charles Williams \( CEO ACNS \)" <cwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I ain't cuttin' none of this. hehe.  Well said Carrie.

see below for link.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] Regarding new homepage


> I'm not going to quote anyone on this thread as I don't see the need to
> point out what's already obvious.
>
> Here's MY opinion on the whole "Should we have multiple places to look for
> help or just one?" discussion:
> The knowledge base is pathetic. Thom is working with Cobalt to try and
> rectify this (WooHoo Thom!). Many times I've seen people brag about their
> access to the knowledge base and how they *could* get things inserted if
> they (the person making the claim) deemed it important enough - this is
just
> ridiculous.
> One person, or even two people, should not be king and lord over what
> information the rest of the Cobalt users get to see.
> And quite frankly, those offers and boastings have never amounted to a
hill
> of beans. Nothing ever gets added.
>
> The Cobalt-users archives are a wealth of information.
> But again, they are hard to navigate, especially if you don't know what
all
> of the synonyms are for the terms you're looking for.  Being a newbie and
> trying to go through the archives is an exercise in futility. How is a
> newbie supposed to know to look for "BIND" when they're trying to fix DNS
> problems?
> And let's not even get into the millions of posts asking "What is a good
> shopping cart?" or "What web-based email should I use?" that clutter up
the
> archives.
>
> Having one place, or two places, for information is just plain STUPID. It
is
> completely and totally idiotic.
> How would you like it if there were no Google? You could ONLY use Yahoo?
> No Altavista, no Go.com, etc. etc. etc.
>
> As far as people feeling as if they have some sort of "mission" to
moderate
> ALL of the resources out there and how they don't have time to do that, I
> say - get an ego check. Truly, the pompous attitude of "you can't survive
> without my input" makes me laugh. I have never seen anyone on this list
ask
> another person to please go visit a certain resource because there was an
> absence of knowledgable people there. No one has been assigned as the one
> and true Cobalt guru that simply MUST be present on all available Cobalt
> help sites. If you think you have, let me be the first with the balls to
say
> it... GET REAL. No one died and made you Cobalt God.
>
> I'm going to continue to develop CobaltHosts.com as I have time. People
are
> free to visit as they choose - or not. I'll be happy to list off all of
the
> other available Cobalt resource sites out there (like RaqResources).
> I believe in freedom of information.
>
> And for someone to say "there shouldn't be multiple places to look for
help"
> and then that same person advertise his/her services for consulting or
> fixing problems that we should be able to find the answers to ourselves
(and
> could if there were multiple places to look for help) - well, I'm just not
> into monopolies, I'm not into choking freedom of speech and freedom of
> information just so I can make a buck.
>
> Quite frankly, this entire thread and the responses I received regarding
the
> discussion boards at CobaltHosts.Com have really showed me who is in this
to
> help other people - and who's in it just to stifle free information so
that
> they can make a buck being the monopoly of where to get help.
>
> I'd like to encourage EVERYONE to put up webpages and sites with
> Cobalt-specific or even web hosting specific help. If you've got something
> that you feel doesn't get enough coverage in the knowledge base or on this
> archive, by all means - tell the world about it!!
> Don't let one or two people stifle the free flow of information that has
> made the Internet what it is.
> And by all means, never EVER let them intimidate you into giving up.
> Remember, they have their opinion, and you have yours. If YOU feel that
you
> could provide a positive input into this community, then DO IT.
>
> And send me your URL. I'll post it and advertise it proudly - rather than
> trying to keep that precious information from the people who need it so
that
> the only way people who get help is to hand me their money.
>
> CarrieB
>

And here's the url to my area for cobalt users.
http://www.acns-online.com/chuck/topics/op/topicsView/tid/6/

Chuck

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