RE: [cobalt-users] [Webmin] was Are Raq's here to stay? (opinions wanted

[Abby Patel <Abby@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think more worrying for Cobalt/Sun should be the fact that so many
competing products are coming out that they simply have no answer for. As a
company that started hosting using Cobalt's, it came as a breath of fresh
air to find alternatives to it. We have recently purchased Ensim
ServerXchange to go live in the new year, which allows us to drop a control
panel onto any Solaris or Linux box, lets us do Shared servers (virtual
servers) and dedicated servers. What room then for Cobalt boxes? We still
have them for customers that demand them, but at the end of the day, it's
ease of use for both us and the customer that is needed. Unless they inject
fresh ideas, it's going to be a product that is going to be aimed at an ever
decreasing target. They need to innovate. For example, in the Ensim
solution, we have a feature called Reseller Automation. This provides any
dedicated server customer with a full billing and accounting system, there
is nothing even on the horizon for Cobalt that would approach that. 

Abby - Internet Intuitive Ltd
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http://www.internetintuitive.com
Hosting, Private servers and Dedicated servers - Coming 2002!
 





>From: "Gil Bechtel" <gil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [cobalt-users] [Webmin] was Are Raq's here to stay?
(opinionswanted)
>Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:51:03 -0500
>Reply-To: cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>Just wanted to throw in my 2 cents here, I am getting ready to make a break
>away from RaQ2 to a more powerful box. The RaQ's I feel are under powered
>for what you get out there today minus the blue case and pretty GUI. I
>contacted PLESK about their control panel, my sales rep "Todd" informed me
>that they are working on a migration tool for Cobalt users. Not sure when
it
>is due out, sending off that email right now to find out when. Just wanted
>to let PLESK fans know (COBALT are you listening??) that this should be
>coming out soon.
>
>http://www.plesk.com/html/
>
>I think if the RaQ's are going to stay SUN is going to have to provide a
>little more bang for the buck. And start implementing suggestions that have
>been around since the RaQ 1 was introduced wouldn't hurt either.
>
>Gil
>Acelaweb.com