> From: Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]>
>
> 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.
> 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:
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Maybe it should be " The Shoemaker's spn goes barefoot"?

Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]
Performance Software Group

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