Re: Faq maintainers and commericialism: debate is elitist
Craig Cockburn (craig@scot.demon.co.uk)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 00:16:32 +0100
Ann an sgriobhainn, <370AF48A.4A5B@limitless.co.uk>, sgriobh Paola
Kathuria <paola@limitless.co.uk>
>
>On the other side of the fence, I have to say that I have been
>struggling with my FAQ which I took over in 1993. I have read
>this thread with interest because InetUK, which started out as
>the uk.net FAQ and is now a web site, has always been commercial
>in nature since it's a directory of Internet companies. In the
>past few years, I have watched commercial web sites spring up
>with similar directories and I just do not have the time to be
>able to compete with them (in terms of keeping the information
>fresh); even though my company hosts the directory, I still
>maintain it in my own time.
>
Just my 2p worth, (Hi Paola!), but I think one thing which would be
useful would be to search for ISPs by various search criteria such as
free ones or less than a particular cost a month and in conjunction with
various other criteria such as cost of support, amount of web space and
reliability for instance. I see quite a few requests for info on ISPs
and generally this is the sort of thing people are after. Maybe you
could set up a search engine and sell advertising on it and maybe have
the site funded in part by the Internet society or the ISP association?
Craig
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