Vortech Inc. .::. Contest - Free Server Giveaway!! MUST READ!!

[admin]

Vortech, Inc. (support.vortechhosting.com ) – Hosting community is proud to give back to our community by giving away a Cobalt RaQ 4i. Vortech Inc. has grown rapidly over the last 3 years and because of that, we are in the position to give a great prize away. Also with the Thanksgiving holiday coming up soon, consider this our many thanks to the great members of this board.

Here is the Prize – Sun Cobalt RAQ 4i

Key Applications
Integrated Web server, email server, FTP server, Web publishing, dynamic content (ASP) hosting.

Key Specifications
1U fully integrated Web server appliance 1 40GB hard drive, 256 MB of SDRAM, dual 10/100 Ethernet, 450 MHz Intel compatible processor.

Key Benefits
This integrated, easy-to-use Web server appliance offers support for virtual domains, software RAID support (RaQ 4r and RaQ XTR only), email services, Active Server Pages (ASP) and PHP support packed into a low profile (1U) design.

Key Industries
Internet service providers, application service providers, enterprises.

Requirements
Standard 19" rack for mounting.


The requirements to win:

1. If not already a member, Join Vortech - support.vortechhosting.com
2. Post Quality – Very Important
3. Post Often – This will be heavily moderated, please do not SPAM the forum
4. Treat others, as you would want to be treated. Please show RESPECT
5. Once again, All points will be evaluated, PLEASE don't spam the forum
6. The top 10 posters will be put into a raffle, 1 winner will be selected randomly
7. Vortech Inc. Administrators & Employees are not eligible
8. Post Updates will go out weekly


The contest Starts October 24, 2003, and ends November 24, 2003. We will take the top ten members that post the most from October 24, 2003 until November 24, 2003 and put them in a hat and a winner will be selected on November 25, 2003, and the Cobalt RAQ 4i will be sent out on December 1ST, 2003 or you may colo the server in our datacenter for as little $50 per month plus bandwidth or $99 per month with 100GB of bandwidth.

We want to thank all of our members and new-comers for the growth and pleasant community we are building, and consider this our way of saying Thanks.

[admin]

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[admin]

Ok not one reply.. Does no one like my idea??

[Garreg]

The idea of giving away a RAQ is a good one and I sincerely wish everyone the best of luck when trying for it, the only flaw is that long standing members who may have contributed to this community over a long period of time, may not for what ever reason be ‘the top poster’ during the time specified – the winner may be a newbee who posts as much as they can during the competition period, claims the prize and then shuts up.

However, I do prefer this idea than offering members ‘part time’ support positions – as has happened previously. I never, ever liked the idea of anyone being a reseller / customer and then being given access to our personal accounts. For example - I really liked Landiserve’s help here, but detested the fact that he had access to my client’s data, my accounts and my personal details……. (nothing personal Landiserve… just the way I felt).

Brad – Why not consider rewarding a couple of long standing clients of Vortech who have (a) stuck with you through thick and thin – showing loyalty, (b) helped others ‘consistently’ on this forum and not for just a short period of time. Perhaps with some reduced rate accounts? Then if they fail to try and help others on the forum, simply remove the discount.

[arindra]

like the idea Brad . but garreg , what you are saying may not be fully correct as the rules already states that the Mods will be there to check who's spaming the fiorum just for the sake of the competition .

[jmbeach]

Brad, is your hope here to get more of your resellers to contribute to this forum, or is it just a random contest?

I think even without the contest, we'd continue to post, because everyone wins anyhow - getting help with things you may have otherwise not known, or getting to share something new you've learned. At the same time, though, your offer is generous.

[Garreg]

Originally posted by jmbeach
Brad, is your hope here to get more of your resellers to contribute to this forum, or is it just a random contest?

I think even without the contest, we'd continue to post, because everyone wins anyhow - getting help with things you may have otherwise not known, or getting to share something new you've learned. At the same time, though, your offer is generous.

I second that - nice idea, as communities go - this is a nice one

[Vixen]

I think Brad has a couple reasons for doing this. (1) To get people to post more to the board and (2) we had this spare RaQ4 laying around that was no longer being used and instead of selling it on Ebay we decided to give you guys a crack at it.

[jmbeach]

fair enough - let the posting begin!

[Brangwyn]

It's a great idea, it already seems to have attracted a few new posters ... amazing what offering something "free" can do aint it!

[mresell]

Sounds like a fine idea. I am sure Brad has to be careful about "rewarding" people for helping out. It may sound nice, but it opens ethical and legal issues to start giving discounts or incentives to "helpful" people. Happy Posting...

[bootNumlock]

i would llike to offer something contructive and helpful here. Always remember to close recordsets (when connecting to a database)


p.s. I like the idea, Brad, although i have been busy with the kids lately and probably won't be able to post very often.

Here is another tip...
You can request (via trouble tickets) to have parent paths turned back on for your windows hosting accounts. Not sure about the security issues involved for individual sites, but you can ask to have it turned back on.

[arindra]

Originally posted by Brangwyn
It's a great idea, it already seems to have attracted a few new posters ... amazing what offering something "free" can do aint it!

amazig , even yesterday Brad was bumping this thread himself

[admin]

Yea, i wanted to get some of the new guys in here as well and thought this may help.. It seems it has, the more users we have here helping each other and chatiing the better the forum seems to be..

parentPaths should be enabled by default, as long as the techs remember to edit the config properly (Doh - forgot, I dont count!)