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Um, you should probably mention it's a joke someplace other than on the "Sign up" page. The way it is now, the only people who find out it's a joke are the peop
by dandelany 17y ago
Um, you should probably mention it's a joke someplace other than on the "Sign up" page. The way it is now, the only people who find out it's a joke are the people stupid enough to want to use it and the people smart enough to know that no one would ever, ever run a service like that.
There's a whole big chunk of your customers that will fall into a middle range: they'll be smart enough to know that this is a terrible idea, but gullible enough to believe that you would try it. They certainly won't click on the "sign up" link, and therefore may not be let in on the joke. And you really don't want your smarter customers thinking that you're actually selling this service.
- dkarl 17y agoAnd then there are the people who will think, "Oh God, this is a terrible idea. My boss will make me use this. And he's probably already heard of it. Shit, I'd better go recommend it to him right away."
- houseabsolute 17y agoRelax.
- dandelany 17y agoReally? This was worth 4 downvotes? I'm not being offensive or stupid or uptight, I'm just expressing my opinion. I know it's a joke. My point is that, when I first saw it, I didn't immediately recognize the joke. If I hadn't clicked the Sign Up page, I probably would have left the site without fully getting the joke. If a potential customer didn't get the joke, it might leave them with a bad opinion of the company. (edit: by company, I mean Mac Mini Colocation, not this fake sub-business) I know how we love our nerdy humor, but all I'm saying is that companies have to be a little bit careful not to inadvertently let inside jokes hurt business.
- dandelany 17y agoJesus effing Christ. It saddens me sometimes that my fellow HN'ers treat unpopular opinions the same way they treat trolls.
- glhaynes 17y agoI agree, but I can't imagine a moderation/karma system that humans would use differently. So either we can accept that it works that way or build something better. (I don't have any ideas for the latter, btw.)
- Devilboy 17y agoSorry but it looked like a troll to me. I didn't think you or anyone looking for co-location would be dumb enough to think this was real.
- houseabsolute 17y agoWell and even if they were, the only way to find its connection with the actual company is to reach the page that told you it was a joke.
- blasdel 17y agoYou do have a point, given that these guys' existing customers think using Mac OS X as an internet hosting platform is a great idea.
- pyre 17y agoI'm no apple fan, but how is Mac OS X (I'm assuming Server Edition) not up to the task of being a hosting platform? It's basically a LAMP stack minus the L. We're not talking about Facebook or Google levels of traffic here either.
- amalcon 17y agoThere's nothing wrong with it as such; there's just no reason to bother with it. It's certainly better than Windows. Linux is just easier to strip down to a lean server configuration, and happens to be free.
- ericd 17y agoThe hardware is compact, cheap, reasonably powerful, efficient, and they are willing to colo it for a pittance. I would consider buying one of these, maxing out the ram, installing linux on one of these, and hosting it with them. It would pay for itself in less than year in terms of savings compared to a low end dedicated server, and have more firepower to boot.
- blasdel 17y agoMac OS X Server is considerably worse at being a hosting platform than the standard version is!