Thread: Windows or Linux

Could be a couple of reasons for this.

FastHosts have the market pretty much wrapped up. Only experienced user know not to us them.

Compared to a Unix offering I think it is difficult to compete on features due to the cost of Microsoft products therefore most go for Unix reselling.

Possibly price? Unix resellers can be as low as £25 pm whereas Windows are rarely below the £40 mark. A 'bedroom host' can only afford so much a month.

I am considering a 'Reseller' package which I will more than likely promote to the number of design agencies I currently host with upwards of 10 accounts each. However this may take a few months while I sort out servers.

Andy.

We do alright out of my bedroom, i've managed to get 10 cabinets in there, one is for sleeping in right enough...i got the idea from Karls work fridge

its amazing how many cable modems NTL allow a residential house to have.....We've even got air con throughout cause i took the windows out so its nice and cool

And the wooden floor was to prevent electrocution - right

The problem with a lot of reseller deals these days is that people expect the usual, "unlimited accounts" and 50gb transfer for £30 a month or less and when you say, wow sorry, no go, they just walk away. They don't understand that they will get burnt and that those prices don't work.

I find pigeon post to be the cheapest....you cant really continue to make a profit in this game using Royal Mail all the time.....i mean, all you need is a coup and some feed, these guys are good to go for weeks!

We once got an enquiry from the US, the poor bird nearly died flying over with our sales response....never again

Originally posted by netrg@Mar. 19 2002,06:24
There don't appear to be many Win2k Reseller packages being offered. I would have thought there would be a good demand for this kind of product???

Can anyone enlighten me

You're joking surely ?

We do 20-30 times more Win2k accounts (inc reseller) than unix.

There is indeed good demand Many people are moving over to dynamic websites and go for a windows account as its much more flexible.

Certainly MS Access -> MS SQL provides a good upgrade/learning path.

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