Re: ISP questions

On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 05:31:12PM -0400, Jerry wrote:
On Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:55:49 -0600
Chad Perrin <perrin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

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.



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.

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Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]

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