Rackspace offers just that ... rack space. I've used Rackspace in the past and their service is phenomenal, albeit expensive. They offer excellent service, excellent uptime and very friendly and helpful staff. I think the issue is more with the people sending the spam, I've never received any spam from [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sure they do what they can to root out spammers while still respecting their customers' right to do business. As far as porn goes, while I'm not a porn supporter I do believe in their right to exist. Free speech is far beyond the realm of CF-Talk but if you expect Rackspace to not host porn then you should also call Google and every other search engine to task for indexing it and even companies like Macromedia who allow their software to be used to develop it. That's a pretty slippery slope.
Really, if people would stop looking at porn then Rackspace would stop hosting it. There seems to be some demand for it however, so I'm sure someone out there is going to capitalize on that. Porn existed before Rackspace and Rackspace is not morally responsible to stop porn. Everyone involved in porn does so out of their own free will, it's really not our place to scorn them as an industry simply because we have a moral objection to their product - we can choose to ignore it and leave it at that. Honestly, I don't want a Dedicated Host that tells me what I can and can't serve off of my server I want a host that keeps the network up and remains transparent and uninvolved in my business. And no, I'm not a porn developer and I have no financial interest in Rackspace. I just believe in their right to do business however they want provided it's all legal. Anyway, this is WAAAAY off topic. Joshua Miller Head Programmer / IT Manager Garrison Enterprises Inc. www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] (704) 569-0801 ext. 254 ************************************************************************ ************* Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender states them to be the views of Garrison Enterprises Inc. This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it is addressed and contains information that is private and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it immediately and advise us by return e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ ************* -----Original Message----- From: Doug White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 2:10 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: SOT: Looking for a VERY inexpensive dedicated development server Interesting you mention Rackspace, the well known premier host for porn sites and the source of gobs of spam. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joshua Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:50 AM Subject: RE: SOT: Looking for a VERY inexpensive dedicated development server | You said, and I quote ... "any host who take the time to optimize for | google is probably not worth investigating." - that's what I based my | comment on. | | That just seemed like a fairly outlandish statement to make and so I | expressed my opinion. I believe I'm entitled to that. | | By the way, Rackspace is on the first page of Google when I search for | "dedicated windows hosting", I certainly wouldn't classify them as | being "not worth investigating" - although they're not in my price | range. | | Your opinions are yours and are equally as valid as mine and I think | we can ALL do without the hostillity. | | Have a great day, | | Joshua Miller | Head Programmer / IT Manager | Garrison Enterprises Inc. | www.garrisonenterprises.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (704) 569-0801 ext. 254 | | ********************************************************************** | ** | ************* | Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, | except where the sender states them to be the views of | Garrison Enterprises Inc. | | This e-mail is intended only for the individual or entity to which it | is addressed and contains information that is private and | confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby | notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly | prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please delete it | immediately and advise us by return e-mail to | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ************************************************************************ | ************* | | | -----Original Message----- | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 12:36 AM | To: CF-Talk | Subject: Re: SOT: Looking for a VERY inexpensive dedicated development | server | | | I'd like to see where I said wanting to be found in google is a bad | thing...please show me. I got your diagram right here though. | | If you disagree, and would like to buy from someone in the first 5 | pages, go right ahead. I don't care...I don't see how it applies to | the topic though. I said I would start at page 5...not that you | should. It is a common strategy though. I was just offering my | opinion, having been in the hosting business for almost 5 years now | considering that there is probably thousands of hosters in the world | the world that will do a 99-150 dedicated server of widely varying | quality. | | Personally..I'd drive over to the local isp with a server in hand and | ask if they would plug it in and try not to spill coffee in it. Don't | have a Venn diagram of why that would be a good idea though, so it may | not be valid in your world. | | -- | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Thursday, July 10, 2003, 10:54:29 PM, you wrote: | | JM> So wanting to be found in the world's most popular search engine | JM> means you're a bad company? I'd like to see the Venn diagram for | JM> that piece of logic. | | | JM> -----Original Message----- | JM> From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | JM> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 10:39 PM | JM> To: CF-Talk | JM> Subject: Re: SOT: Looking for a VERY inexpensive dedicated | development | JM> server | | | JM> At 10:22 PM 7/10/2003 -0400, you wrote: | >>page 5...any host who take the time to optimize for google is | >>probably | | >>not worth investigating. | | JM> Huh? How can that be? We never "optimized for google", but we | JM> found | our | JM> selfs listed there with a good ranking. How can that say anything | about | JM> us | JM> as a company? I don't think thats fair at all. Also, google's link | JM> popularity system may actually mean that some good/popular hosts | JM> DO | get | JM> a | JM> high ranking at google. | | JM> Brook | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
