We as humans are naturally lazy. That's why we want someone else to do the work for us. There is a bit of psychology in all of this. We have gotten soooooooooooooooooo dependent on cPanel and WHM many of us have forgotten how to use SSH and FTP.
Does this make sense? Hello?
As I am migrating to Plesk on my web hosting servers I can't use cPanel because now I have no license for cPanel? Am I shocked? Heck no, I sent the order to my techs at the data center and everyone is simply going as I have requested.
Prior to this I told all my clients clearly and prepared them for what is ahead. My most important advice was, Back up your email.
I didn't listen to my own advice however. So what did I do? Logged in with FTP and backed up my email. No problem. I got it all. But so many of us who have become dependent on other software hare forgotten what we used back in the '90's. I learned FTP in DOS and can still use it if I have to. Mostly, we have just forgotten how to work.
Now, this is what stinks about using WHMCS. My knowledge base is in that. So now, I want an independent knowledge base I OWN FOREVER and is independent of all other software. Make sense?
I would rather write web pages for my knowledge base at this point than to trust all my writing to software I pay high dollars for every month. We thought this was good several years ago right? Why? We trusted that nothing would change. At least that's what I thought. Did you think that also? So sorry.
Here is MY problem, and YOURS if I am correct. We are lazy and have become dependent. Stop that! I'm stopping that too. Everything I teach, I practice and I am implementing even more. This is what I wish to present to the web hosting community is that we do a bit more work and seek our independence. Remember the early pilgrims who came to the USA? Independence and freedom right? So why are we so easily sucked in to those who make us dependent once again? Here is why, one word............laziness. I'm guilty. I'm changing that. I'll wear the spots off my keyboard after this so this will not happen again.
I am moving to use FREE everything, Or at least low cost and independent software. Knowledge base, shopping cart, control panel..................nothing bundled any more that allows anyone company to suck us into their product. Make sense? Let's change the patter folks that we were once drawn into. This will change the market and level the playing for all of us. I already headed in that direction the beginning of this month before the monster raised it's ugly head. I will no longer fall victim to companies who want to own my company. M company now owns them if they wish to work for me.
Thanks, now I feel better. :smash:
Does this make sense? Hello?
As I am migrating to Plesk on my web hosting servers I can't use cPanel because now I have no license for cPanel? Am I shocked? Heck no, I sent the order to my techs at the data center and everyone is simply going as I have requested.
Prior to this I told all my clients clearly and prepared them for what is ahead. My most important advice was, Back up your email.
I didn't listen to my own advice however. So what did I do? Logged in with FTP and backed up my email. No problem. I got it all. But so many of us who have become dependent on other software hare forgotten what we used back in the '90's. I learned FTP in DOS and can still use it if I have to. Mostly, we have just forgotten how to work.
Now, this is what stinks about using WHMCS. My knowledge base is in that. So now, I want an independent knowledge base I OWN FOREVER and is independent of all other software. Make sense?
I would rather write web pages for my knowledge base at this point than to trust all my writing to software I pay high dollars for every month. We thought this was good several years ago right? Why? We trusted that nothing would change. At least that's what I thought. Did you think that also? So sorry.
Here is MY problem, and YOURS if I am correct. We are lazy and have become dependent. Stop that! I'm stopping that too. Everything I teach, I practice and I am implementing even more. This is what I wish to present to the web hosting community is that we do a bit more work and seek our independence. Remember the early pilgrims who came to the USA? Independence and freedom right? So why are we so easily sucked in to those who make us dependent once again? Here is why, one word............laziness. I'm guilty. I'm changing that. I'll wear the spots off my keyboard after this so this will not happen again.
I am moving to use FREE everything, Or at least low cost and independent software. Knowledge base, shopping cart, control panel..................nothing bundled any more that allows anyone company to suck us into their product. Make sense? Let's change the patter folks that we were once drawn into. This will change the market and level the playing for all of us. I already headed in that direction the beginning of this month before the monster raised it's ugly head. I will no longer fall victim to companies who want to own my company. M company now owns them if they wish to work for me.
Thanks, now I feel better. :smash:
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