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Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

#31

Nothing gets more techy than servers. Why I would hire a tech company that uses pre 2000 design and static pages from 2006 to sell me on their modern tech solution is beyond me.

Presumably because they're spending time on their actual technology rather than fiddling in Photoshop and keeping up with patching the latest Node.js vulnerabilities on a web-appified version?

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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I think the date of copyright is supposed to be the date at which content you are copyrighting was first created and anything after that date is covered. Not certain though

There are no rules here, only conventions. In my opinion, a copyright year in the past makes it look like you don't know what you're doing. If you feel the need to tout your long history, then put the start and current year, like 2011-2013. Otherwise, follow convention and make sure it always reads the current year.

Lying about the copyright date is fraud.

That work will (hopefully) enter the public domain one day. By forward-dating the copyright notice, you are attempting to fraudulently extend your limited monopoly.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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The short answer is that we've made a (philosophical) decision to stay right in our highly technical niche and not gussy up our site, or product, with all of the things you might expect to see. This resonates very well with the people that find us and will eventually use us, but the people that make decisions and pay us are not impressed with what they see. So if we're not going to put up the PDF whitepapers and the…

I'm a recent law graduate researching warrant canaries. Is there a contact at your company I can be put in touch with?

I'd be interested in hearing of any warrant canaries that disappeared.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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post #20
post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The short answer is that we've made a (philosophical) decision to stay right in our highly technical niche and not gussy up our site, or product, with all of the things you might expect to see. This resonates very well with the people that find us and will eventually use us, but the people that make decisions and pay us are not impressed with what they see. So if we're not going to put up the PDF whitepapers and the…

I'm a recent law graduate researching warrant canaries. Is there a contact at your company I can be put in touch with?

That's a very interesting statement that can be read many, many ways... It may pay to clarify your background a little.

I'm a recent law graduate (- but I now work for the NSA...) researching warrant canaries (- and looking at ways to deal with these companies)

It may be a bit conspiracy-theory, but current affairs suggest it is certainly not outside the realms of possibility.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

#35
It would be sort of nice if VPS providers did this. I sometimes find it difficult talking to non-technical people about Heroku or Linode and they look at me like "I've never heard of those, can't we use GoDaddy?"

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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post #34
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm a recent law graduate researching warrant canaries. Is there a contact at your company I can be put in touch with?

That's a very interesting statement that can be read many, many ways... It may pay to clarify your background a little. I'm a recent law graduate (- but I now work for the NSA...) researching warrant canaries (- and looking at ways to deal with these companies) It may be a bit conspiracy-theory, but current affairs suggest it is certainly not outside the realms of possibility.

I can't say I'm a lawyer because I am awaiting MPRE (ethics and professionalism) test results in two weeks. I would be in very big trouble if I did call myself a lawyer before that time so I can say I'm a JD and a law graduate (and bar passer) but not a lawyer or put that badass Esq. (esquire) by my name yet.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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post #29

Using the right language for different buyers is a good lesson. First thing I'd A/B test on the page is the section mentioning "Cheap". I think business purchasers rarely want cheap, they want value and cost effectiveness.

I had the same reaction.. I always tend to use the word "affordable" since I personally interpret "cheap"as low quality. However, I usually interpret "affordable" as a good value for whatever price (even if it is actually expensive)

"Inexpensive" strikes me as a good alternative.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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post #16

Awesome! I like the straightforward nature of this article, it focuses on content rather than style. A minor nitpick if any of the rsync.net guys are reading this. The front page states "11 Years serving customers worldwide" and the top section states "Enterprise Offsite Backup Since 2001".

Another nitpick, from the linked "CEO page":

"it appeals to technical people that appreciate elegant solutions"

Should arguably read as "people who appreciate". "Who" is preferred over "that" or "which" when referring to people.

Re: We wrote a CEO page and it works

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

There are no rules here, only conventions. In my opinion, a copyright year in the past makes it look like you don't know what you're doing. If you feel the need to tout your long history, then put the start and current year, like 2011-2013. Otherwise, follow convention and make sure it always reads the current year.

Lying about the copyright date is fraud. That work will (hopefully) enter the public domain one day. By forward-dating the copyright notice, you are attempting to fraudulently extend your limited monopoly.

except his suggestion backward-dated it seeing as 2013 is not the future...
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