<div dir="ltr">Thanks, Jonathan - that makes it all clearer. I guess in addition to Chris filling in some of those blanks, another few Qs spring to mind:<div><br></div><div>Who is the sysadmin service aimed at? Who's life does it make easier, and who's likely to make the buying decision?</div><div><br></div><div>I would have thought that you're more likely to get people "biting" if there's a clear story behind what it is you do. Things like - "We work with your website team to take responsibility for security and traffic spikes, which means they don't get bogged down by server issues and can keep focused on design/development".</div><div><br></div><div>I'm more than up for popping in for a proper chat through this stuff. Are there good and bad days for you folks?</div><div><br></div><div>M.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 November 2014 13:07, Jonathan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jonathan@webarch.net" target="_blank">jonathan@webarch.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">In response to Mark's questions: perhaps a quick face to face chat might help us all clarify the mission here, but meanwhile my thoughts would be:<br>
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I understand that with regard to <a href="http://webarch.net" target="_blank">webarch.net</a> <<a href="http://webarch.net" target="_blank">http://webarch.net</a>>, you<br>
want to be more focused on Sys Admin in the future. Is that correct?<br>
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Not quite; we'd like to have more sysadmin work - but are thinking of a new website to give this a higher profile (<a href="http://sysadmin.coop" target="_blank">sysadmin.coop</a>)<br>
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Who are your most important sysadmin clients now?<br>
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Chris could answer this more easily<br>
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Are there any organisations you'd like to work for given the chance?<br>
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Charities/activist/pressure groups (of certain progressive kinds)<br>
And website developers who have clients with similar ethics<br>
And "green" businesses<br>
etc.<br>
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What types of<br>
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clients are the the most profitable and enjoyable to work with?<br>
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Chris could answer this more easily<br>
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What's the deal with the future of your hosting? Do you want to promote it a little bit? A moderate amount? Or would you rather go silent on<br>
it and let it wind down?<br>
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Probably a little/moderate amount; I think we see it as bread-and-butter income, small but regular, certainly don't want to wind down<br>
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Do you or might you offer any combinations of server and sysadmin work (eg a managed VPS)?<br>
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Chris could answer this more easily,<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jonathan<br>
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Thanks for any answers to these.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
Mark.<br>
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On 29 October 2014 16:59, Nick Hardiman <<a href="mailto:nick@internetmachines.co.uk" target="_blank">nick@internetmachines.co.uk</a><br>
<mailto:<a href="mailto:nick@internetmachines.co.uk" target="_blank">nick@internetmachines.<u></u>co.uk</a>>> wrote:<br>
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Here's Adam's bulleted list. I guess these may need re-ordering to<br>
most money/fun to least.<br>
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* Products<br>
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** VPS<br>
** Shared Hosting<br>
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* Services<br>
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** Sys Admin<br>
** Consultancy<br>
** Colocation<br>
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* About<br>
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** What we are<br>
** Membership<br>
** Contact<br>
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