[thesite] hosting listings on d.e.o.

[Ron Dorman]

David McCreath wrote:

> Since that hosting question keeps coming up on thelist, I was wondering
> if it would be within the scope of d.e.o. to put in a "hosting" section.

i like that thought.

> I could see it going two ways: since the general idea behind d.e.o. is
> "This is a good resource", we would conceivably end up with only
> recommended hosts. Of course, that's only theoretical and since we can
> always find one person who loves a particular host and one person who
> hates that same host, we would inevitably end up with somebody thinking
> that some host shouldn't be linked.
>
> Or we could have a section where evolt members could rate hosts and
> leave comments. I know there are several sites out there like that
> already, but I personally would trust a stack of ratings from evolt
> members more than some group of editors from C|NET.

i think the second method would work better.  i always trust info from
freinds and colleages much more more than media sources.