You make too many assumptions, Richard. I inherited a site that was developed already. I have the job of maintaining it and building new stuff on it. It's on HostMySite shared space. I also look at things from teh other side of the fence too, because i have a small hosting company of my own, competing with HostMySIte. A very minor part of my business.
You have had a pretty poor experience with HostMySite you say. Well i say we've had a good experience with them. Any time we needed anything doing, they did it straight away. I dont need any CFX tags, so that hasnt become an issue for us. I'm not saying you're wrong, just saying you had that experience, we had a different experience. What led me to comment in this thread was Gerald's assertion that anyone in shared hosting would be better off building their own server. I disagree. yes SOME people would be better off doign that, others would find they dont have the skills or the inclination or even the time available to resist hacking, keep system software patched and up to date, configuration well tuned etc etc etc. For many people, shared hosting means you dont have to worry about all the system stuff, there are specialists at the hosting company who handle all that, You can spend your time and energy on the design and coldfusion code. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 3/8/08, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >In fact, my second largest client is hosted at hostmysite and we've > >had no issues with them at all in the 2 years since i inherited the > >site. Not one. > > your very lucky. makes me wonder why we are having so many. > > i actually think this could be down to 2 issues: > > firstly, you must have a dedicated server and have expert knowledge, then you > will not have to contact them for information, they set up your server and > thats it. in which case many hosting companies will not give you problems. > > if you dont have the dedicated server and not total expert knowledge then you > will really need to look around as there are some bad apples like host my > site (in our opinion). > > secondly, hosting companies are in a global market and cultures are > different, maybe expectations could be different, customer service training > could be different, the way customers are dealt with could be different, and > information flow and information management could be different. > > however, seeing as it is a global market then hosting companies need to wake > up to the concept of 'globalization'. Even though host my site finally agreed > it took alot of our time writting emails, getting silly responses etc... just > to get them to upgrade our server between the night in the UK and not during > the night US time as this is our business ours!!! this is basic, but its like > they hadnt faced it before. just an example in regard to them needing to > become globalised. > > richard > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
