From: Christian Lheureux <[log in to unmask]> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: RE: 3kworld.com - opinions Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 04:18:11 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Same impression for me. I chose New Territories, assuming that France is a New Territory as far as the Internet is concerned. Gee, after all, I got online only 4 years ago ! Christian > -----Message d'origine----- > De: Mark Wilkinson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Date: mardi 17 aout 1999 18:25 > A: [log in to unmask] > Objet: Re: 3kworld.com - opinions > > The site looks pretty good except that on the join-up form, you are *forced* to > choose a US State to live in. I chose Alabama even though I live in London, > England. I do hope Alabama is a nice place <g> > > Seriously though, I'm a little disappointed that the site is hosted on an NT box > with IIS/ASP. It would have been nice and very appropriate to host the site on > an HP3000 with Apache (and the MPE/iX port of perl for the scripting stuff). It > would really show everyone that the HP3000 can do all the things claimed of it > with all this e-services blurb that HP is putting out at the moment. (can't > it?)... > > I found the "sponsors" of the site - Client Systems LLC of Denver Colorado. The > site advertises itself as "the first of a new generation of Internet > e-services". Looking at the site, this doesn't quite ring true IMHO. It seems to > be just like any other site - Interex.org for example; with Service Directories, > message boards and chat rooms. I can't see anything particularly innovative or > new about the concept that would justify the "new generation" tag. I think we've > probably got these things already on other sites but it's nice to see someone > putting it all together in one place. > > Just my 0.01 pence worth. > > Mark W. > SPE. > > PS. I think they should remove the "3kworld admin superuser" link from the main > page though. That's just *asking* for some teenage hacker to have a go <g>. And > the "3kworld Home Page" link is duplicated on that page too... > > > > > > Jeff Keepers <[log in to unmask]> on 17/08/99 14:11:54 > > Please respond to [log in to unmask] > > To: [log in to unmask] > cc: (bcc: Mark Wilkinson/UK/EU/SPE) > Subject: 3kworld.com - opinions > > > > > Has anyone checked out the 3kworld site? I just finished looking and was > curious what other people thought. > > Jeff Keepers > 3M Valley, NE