RE: FN-FORUM Virtual Internet - Don't go there.

date posted 13th July 2001 18:48

> I was told by Virtual Internet that I was purchasing an industry-standard
> Linux server with Apache, PostgreSQL, Majordomo, etc.

Mmmm thats naughty. The Raqs are not really your vanilla box due the cobalt gui
etc.
Its probably an industry standard appliance though :-)

> Once the server was sold to us, we discovered the majority of these
> programs were in fact heavily modified in some way. To give you an example,
> upgrading PERL or PostgreSQL "breaks" the machine. It causes the web-based
> interface to die, the system monitor to send out error messages every 15
> minutes and other such delights. To add insult to injury, the changes
> Cobalt make are only documented in a manual that they sell for several
> hundred pounds. There is no information on-line and support is only
> available for 30 days.

Did you not look into what you were buying before you bought it?
Something that unfortunately needs to be done in this day and age no matter who
you are dealing with.

Although Raqs are designed for people with minimal sysadmin knowledge you can do
more or less anything you need to with them for straight forward hosting etc.

enough of that though....

Do VI have their description of a Raq in print or web anywhere??


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Regards,

Dave Raza
www.2dcreative.co.uk