FWIW I could write a book on the number of problems I've had dealing with MelbourneIT over the past 8 years, and I probably will.
I still have a variety of domain names handled by them and their web-based domain management interface has no option to enable REGISTRAR-LOCK, and frankly I don't have 50 mins to spend in their phone queue.
"We normally respond to requests within 48 hours".... says the email auto-responder....
Early this morning (Aust time) the media were reporting the level of aid committed by the Aust government* to be AUD$35M and the US government* USD$45M (~AUD$57M)
Last time I checked the US population was 15x the Aust population.
* figures will no doubt increase through the day
Telecommute.
If you're serious about achieving a balance between necessary productivity and staff morale, consider which roles are suitable for working from home for part/most of the week.
I've been using DOS/Windows since MS-DOS 3.x and BSD since the early versions of FreeBSD.
I use BSD on my servers, and WinXP on my desktops. BSD does a better job of hosting my domain names and web sites, handling my email, and securing my perimeter. XP provides a dead easy to use desktop, with wider peripheral support (and game support).
Nothing I've read in this thread has convinced me that Windows would do a better job on my servers, nor that BSD would do a better job on my desktop. That's for today, who knows about tomorrow.
I think I'm fairly typical of tech-literate computer users. What makes me atypical of/. users is that I can't get sufficient rabid about one platform or the other.
No-one twists your arm to religiously stick to a PS/2 or GameCube or PC for your gaming needs. Why then do we have to choose a single platform to host our other applications and services. Horses for courses.
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I still have a variety of domain names handled by them and their web-based domain management interface has no option to enable REGISTRAR-LOCK, and frankly I don't have 50 mins to spend in their phone queue.
"We normally respond to requests within 48 hours" .... says the email auto-responder....
Early this morning (Aust time) the media were reporting the level of aid committed by the Aust government* to be AUD$35M and the US government* USD$45M (~AUD$57M) Last time I checked the US population was 15x the Aust population. * figures will no doubt increase through the day
Telecommute. If you're serious about achieving a balance between necessary productivity and staff morale, consider which roles are suitable for working from home for part/most of the week.
I use BSD on my servers, and WinXP on my desktops. BSD does a better job of hosting my domain names and web sites, handling my email, and securing my perimeter. XP provides a dead easy to use desktop, with wider peripheral support (and game support).
Nothing I've read in this thread has convinced me that Windows would do a better job on my servers, nor that BSD would do a better job on my desktop. That's for today, who knows about tomorrow.
I think I'm fairly typical of tech-literate computer users. What makes me atypical of /. users is that I can't get sufficient rabid about one platform or the other.
No-one twists your arm to religiously stick to a PS/2 or GameCube or PC for your gaming needs. Why then do we have to choose a single platform to host our other applications and services. Horses for courses.