Well, you have to commend Mark's honesty. He did say, "I really didn't want to use this excellent mailing list as a sales platform." And he answered the question.
It's better than being subversive and saying something like, "I am a _very_ _happy_ customer of company XYZ. They rule!!!!" On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 20:16, Jason Lim wrote: > Agree... let's try and keep this for a discussion about ISPs running > Debian... not Sales & Marketing. > > We're pretty much all offering Debian here as part of our services, > otherwise we wouldn't BE here to start with ;-) > > I don't think anyone minds a line or two mentioning your company, cool... > but the whole email with paragraphs worth of promotions? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark Lijftogt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Loopshot Operator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, 18 February, 2003 6:46 AM > Subject: Re: debian friendly unmanaged hosting joints? > > > > > > You forgot about how your company is growing, the amount of job > openings, > > the nice and bright future and stuff.. > > > > naah.. nevermind.. > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 02:27:00PM -0800, Loopshot Operator wrote: > > > Old-Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: debian friendly unmanaged hosting joints? > > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > To: Jamie Penner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: Loopshot Operator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > I really didn't want to use this excellent mailing list as a sales > > > platform, but it seems like there are several interested parties > > > looking for Debian-specific dedicated/managed hosting stateside. > > > > > > Our firm does just that. We are Debian-specific, in that we really > > > don't promote other distros or OSes nearly as much (only if > requested). > > > Pricing is $195/mo. for 30 GB of bandwidth. Full data-center > > > amenities, such as 10 day battery backup, diesel generator backup, > dual > > > DS-3 capacity, environmental control, etc. > > > > > > With our dedicated server packages, we also give you access to your > own > > > power control so you can power-cycle your server as you see fit. We > > > will also do full monitoring of ports/services/intrusion and nightly > > > backup, if you so desire, (although most on this list seem like > they're > > > perfectly capable of doing that themselves.) > > > > > > So that aside, feel free to contact me off-list if you'd like more > > > information. Our web site is currently being revamped, so some of the > > > info on there is out of date. Here's the contact info: > > > > > > Eric Jennings > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Loopshot, Inc. > > > http://www.loopshot.com > > > +1 (775) 856-3455 > > > > > > Once again, my apologies for those who may not be interested, but I > > > thought I'd mention it since several have asked about firms offering > > > Debian servers in the U.S. > > > > > > Thanks- > > > Eric > > > > > > > > > On Monday, February 17, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Jamie Penner wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Wish they were in N. America! (or someone like them!) > > > > > > > >At 12:46 PM 2/17/2003, you wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Brett Parker wrote: > > > >> > > > >>> > http://www.positiveinternet.co.uk/ > > > >>> > > > >>> isn't that www.positive-internet.co.uk? > > > >> > > > >>The address works with or without the hyphen; with or without the > www. > > > >>(That's the sort of attention to little detail you get with them.) > > > >> > > > >>> one of the maintainers of the debian packages for apache2 works > > > >>> there, he has clue > > > >> > > > >>Not only that, but when chatting on #debian-uk one night, I got > > > >>instant > > > >>service from one of their employees for a question about their > > > >>service I had, > > > >>that just cropped up in the course of conversation. > > > >> > > > >>Very, very "Debian", all round. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > -- Mark Lijftogt > > -- http://www.qut.nl > > -- http://www.lijftogt.nl > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]