Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:13:47 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ISP questions Message-ID: <20090609231347.GA57940@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <20090608173112.13bbc8a1@scorpio> References: <4096aedd0906040923p6288e319ia083f47c7ccc29e1@mail.gmail.com> <64c038660906042034v43b340c6jf1e001ac9941f1f6@mail.gmail.com> <d8f312d60906042050r4755e4ebn6def06342fcc842b@mail.gmail.com> <20090608014629.GA9091@kokopelli.hydra> <20090608044543.0c6d4602@scorpio> <20090608205549.GA53856@kokopelli.hydra> <20090608173112.13bbc8a1@scorpio>
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--YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 05:31:12PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:55:49 -0600 > Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> wrote: >=20 > >I try to learn from others' mistakes to reduce the likelihood that I > >will be forced to learn from my own. If you really want to learn from > >your own mistakes, though, go ahead and ignore the instances where > >GoDaddy has screwed over other customers, and just keep using it in > >willful ignorance until the day when your luck changes. I guess > >that's your prerogative. >=20 > I believe you are over generalizing it. I have had two occasions where > FBSD crashed and I lost a considerable amount of data. According to > your statement, I should just say screw FBSD and move on to another OS. FreeBSD doesn't have volition. Using FreeBSD isn't a matter of trusting the software's intentions. GoDaddy executives and managers *do* have volition. Using GoDaddy *is* a matter of trusting the executives' and managers' intentions. Next, we'll be comparing apples and . . . windows, I guess, since oranges at least are fruit. Pun intended. >=20 > Seriously though, if they have X number of clients and only .1% of them > have experienced a problem, is there really a problem? I don't know > since I don't have statistics on GoDaddy. Obviously you do. Would you > be kind enough to post them so I could inspect them myself. If 0.111% of customers are unfortunate enough to end up with something entirely beyond their control causing something to happen that can be imagined to be a violation of GoDaddy's partially undisclosed policies, and 0.1% of GoDaddy customers end up getting their domain names held hostage to the tune of several hundred dollars as a result of those incidents entirely beyond their control, that means that about 90% of people GoDaddy has any way of exploiting, extorting, or otherwise screwing over in a manner defensible in court are getting exactly that treatment. (Note that I'm making up numbers here, just like you.) So . . . you're basically gambling that you'll never be the victim of circumstances that would allow GoDaddy to figure it can get away with screwing you over. I prefer to gamble on other things. Your mileage may vary. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkou7KsACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKUjBQCg04EpJHfcrlsvxg9zRKuy7o1Y KV8AoNlM2Y1afKdrLbzsrHhao5pNtW/H =HCLC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --YZ5djTAD1cGYuMQK--
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