Comments on: Universities are not traditional business customers http://blipbloop.net/2007/11/universities-are-not-traditional-business-customers/ By Zach Hale Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:26:09 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt http://blipbloop.net/2007/11/universities-are-not-traditional-business-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Matt Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:22:54 +0000 http://zachhale.com/2007/11/13/universities-are-not-businesses/#comment-51 <p>Zach,</p> <p>I feel that you should take a few lessons from other blogs on the internet and follow a couple of guidelines they do:</p> <ol> <li><p>Having the entire article displayed on the front page really distracts the reader, maybe I feel that a summary followed up by a link to the bigger article would be more efficient.</p></li> <li><p>Monitoring your comments like a hawk will do nothing but deter readers either negative or positive from visiting your site more than once. Maybe you should let it be and only block spam messages that are obvious like "click here for sex".</p></li> </ol> <p>Cheers</p> Zach,

I feel that you should take a few lessons from other blogs on the internet and follow a couple of guidelines they do:

  1. Having the entire article displayed on the front page really distracts the reader, maybe I feel that a summary followed up by a link to the bigger article would be more efficient.

  2. Monitoring your comments like a hawk will do nothing but deter readers either negative or positive from visiting your site more than once. Maybe you should let it be and only block spam messages that are obvious like “click here for sex”.

Cheers

]]> By: Peter Ellis http://blipbloop.net/2007/11/universities-are-not-traditional-business-customers/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Peter Ellis Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:35:06 +0000 http://zachhale.com/2007/11/13/universities-are-not-businesses/#comment-50 <p>"The Microsoft representative responded that SharePoint is a “business solution” and the University is a “business customer” which somehow means these are not Microsoft’s problems. I disagree."</p> <p>If I had been in the room when he said that, I would've wailed on his ass. Part of the problem is that he's probably not part of Microsoft's SharePoint group and isn't qualified to speak for them, so thus even presuming to try is insulting. A "business customer" means that we <em>do</em> have the right to bitch and moan, but not only that, it means we have the right to be taken seriously. We're not dumping a lot of money in their lap to let them make us think we're not worth it.</p> “The Microsoft representative responded that SharePoint is a “business solution” and the University is a “business customer” which somehow means these are not Microsoft’s problems. I disagree.”

If I had been in the room when he said that, I would’ve wailed on his ass. Part of the problem is that he’s probably not part of Microsoft’s SharePoint group and isn’t qualified to speak for them, so thus even presuming to try is insulting. A “business customer” means that we do have the right to bitch and moan, but not only that, it means we have the right to be taken seriously. We’re not dumping a lot of money in their lap to let them make us think we’re not worth it.

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