Stan, as always, is correct. We currently do not have our own web server.
A digression. I am not sure of the fit of the analogy of having a web site
hosted and an emperor having no clothes. The story as I remember it has to
do with some unscrupulous salesmen who sold non-existent magical fabric to
a dim-witted emperor. The cloth could not be seen, supposedly, by persons
who held office or positions which they were incompetent to hold.
Naturally, everyone wanted to keep their job/positions so everyone lauded
the emperor and his fabulous new clothes made from that magical fabric.
During a parade where the emperor marched through the streets with his new
clothes, a little boy was heard to remark "The emperor has no clothes." At
which point everyone in the crowd chided the little boy into silence or
simply made excuses for him, in an effort not to offend the emperor.
Now, what does this story have to do with Hicomp having their web site
hosted? I never made any secret of that. Most everybody finds our
website. My signature, on everyone of my messages, has the complete web
address. There are a few advantages to having a website hosted. 1- I do
not have to worry about firewalls. 2- I do not have to worry about having
people going after my server. 3- I have a support staff dedicated to
keeping the webserver in operation and available. 4- Customers get a good
response time, because they come in to the webserver directly from the
Internet via one of 5 T-1s. If I had the server at my site, the response
time would be slower as we do not have a T-1, let alone 5.
On the other hand, Stan is correct and I should investigate the business of
multiple IP addresses.
Kind regards,
Denys. . .
Denys Beauchemin
Hicomp America, Inc.
[log in to unmask] www.hicomp.com/hicomp
(800) 323-8863 (281) 288-7438 fax: (281) 355-6879
-----Original Message-----
From: Stan Sieler [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 1997 4:50 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Enterprise Wide Backup Solutions
Neil writes:
> When I visit http://www.hicomp.com., I get redirected to an Internet
> service provider site that seems to know nothing about HiComp?
The emperor has no clothes ... and HiComp has no web server of their own.
I told Denys a year or so ago that he might want to consider either
getting on the network directly, or at least go with an ISP that
offers multiple IP addresses (so www.hicomp.com would not
have the same IP address as the ISP: www.netropolis.net).
I mention this again, because anyone paying an ISP to setup a
domain for themselves should be aware of the pros/cons.
For the curious, the way to get the HiComp web page is to ask for:
http://www.hicomp.com/hicomp/
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Stan Sieler [log in to unmask]
http://www.allegro.com/sieler.html
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