Deb
12-31-1998, 08:30 PM
The following is being typed verbose... I wouldn't dare quote me on the accuracy of dates etc... this is all off the top of my head and just thinking out loud as the new year approaches us..
FutureQuest 1998
January - The dream begins to surface into reality while living in Austin Texas. We diligently tried to acquire the domain name VisionQuest... could not. Nor could we register with VisionQuest as our legal business name. So we chose FutureQuest.net (.com was not available or we would have registered both). We begin building our dream.
February - We've now completed our move to Ocala Florida (insert personal story of Deb's divorce after year of separation and custody battle here)
!Wow! -- It's technically simple to setup a server... but not to set one up quite how we want it... still working http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
March - Ok, QMail is a gorilla of it's own... must learn QMail, must learn QMail, must learn QMail!!!!
April - QMail is our best friend... QMail has treated us very well. We are quite proud to offer such a powerful mail server!! Let's hook this system up to some high speed lines!!!
May - Deb wants SUSOGI.net -- Must build Susogi.net
June - SUSOGI.net is now up and running... we've got customers!!! WOOHOO we're in business now http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
July - SUSOGI.net is growing.. Deb wants Lils.net -- Must build Lils.net!!
August - hmmmm not many customers.. must pay bill for high speed lines... we need mail manager!
September - Watching Babylon5 series on US Television and notice they have a Command And Control area for the ship. hmmm There's an idea... Must build CNC for FQuest!!
October - Deb's divorce is legally finalized (ggeesshh took long enough) FQuest is much work but it's worth it, we think? Now if we could only figure out how to get more site owners to choose us.... getting nervous about losing so much money on high speed lines. Let's see, we've submitted our name to all of the host directories we could find. We've added the CNC and some more scripts... we are totally dedicated to anyone who will talk to us... we live on the pc's to assure we answer and serve with speed and knowledge... the server is coded correctly.... we are getting a few customers here and there, but not enough to keep things running. We are getting a bad reputation for not being in business long enough. If nothing happens by the end of next month we've lost everything and are doomed.
November - WOW the first week of this month was busy!! Woah!! The second week of this month was twice as busy!!! Hey third week and still going strong! Wow! What happened? We've got site owners choosing FutureQuest and they are happy with us!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! We paid the high speed lines bill plus upgraded the server!! http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif)))))) We're a real hosting company now! The dream is a reality!
December - Reality shows itself in it's true form this month. The phone company tosses us 13 hours of down time in a single day right after the major holiday not to mention we've had to restructure the stats among other things to handle the load. This really is work :P We LOVE our job.. we are thrilled with the community atmosphere that is developing, we can't believe the way the site owners treat us during the worst of virtual times, we want to grow...no.. we ARE GOING to grow! Not too much though.. we've considered not accepting new accounts a couple times this month but so far haven't had to. Next month we may need to for a short while so that we may not only add a second server but also move into a location with bigger, better, faster lines along with adding another server and hiring a bit help to assure quality of service. The catch is being able to do this in such a way that the site owners will move with us (grin)
We realize many dreams are coming true, not without a LOT of hard work, total sleep deprivation, weight loss, stress, and brain cramping equations, but coming true none the less.
Andrew and Debbie get married - Dec 30th 1998. (shhh don't tell anyone... we snuck out to accomplish this, in between support emails, along with a beeper and a prayer that we could do so safely.)
1998 was a year of turning dreams into reality for us...
1999 is going to be a year of enhancements, growth, new friendships, and showing off a new way of doing business on the net... it's almost humorous when you think about it. Because our new way of doing business is all in doing it the old fashioned way http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!!!
The Gillespie Family
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
------------------
Unlocking the Power of the Internet!
www.FutureQuest.net (http://www.FutureQuest.net)
FutureQuest 1998
January - The dream begins to surface into reality while living in Austin Texas. We diligently tried to acquire the domain name VisionQuest... could not. Nor could we register with VisionQuest as our legal business name. So we chose FutureQuest.net (.com was not available or we would have registered both). We begin building our dream.
February - We've now completed our move to Ocala Florida (insert personal story of Deb's divorce after year of separation and custody battle here)
!Wow! -- It's technically simple to setup a server... but not to set one up quite how we want it... still working http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
March - Ok, QMail is a gorilla of it's own... must learn QMail, must learn QMail, must learn QMail!!!!
April - QMail is our best friend... QMail has treated us very well. We are quite proud to offer such a powerful mail server!! Let's hook this system up to some high speed lines!!!
May - Deb wants SUSOGI.net -- Must build Susogi.net
June - SUSOGI.net is now up and running... we've got customers!!! WOOHOO we're in business now http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
July - SUSOGI.net is growing.. Deb wants Lils.net -- Must build Lils.net!!
August - hmmmm not many customers.. must pay bill for high speed lines... we need mail manager!
September - Watching Babylon5 series on US Television and notice they have a Command And Control area for the ship. hmmm There's an idea... Must build CNC for FQuest!!
October - Deb's divorce is legally finalized (ggeesshh took long enough) FQuest is much work but it's worth it, we think? Now if we could only figure out how to get more site owners to choose us.... getting nervous about losing so much money on high speed lines. Let's see, we've submitted our name to all of the host directories we could find. We've added the CNC and some more scripts... we are totally dedicated to anyone who will talk to us... we live on the pc's to assure we answer and serve with speed and knowledge... the server is coded correctly.... we are getting a few customers here and there, but not enough to keep things running. We are getting a bad reputation for not being in business long enough. If nothing happens by the end of next month we've lost everything and are doomed.
November - WOW the first week of this month was busy!! Woah!! The second week of this month was twice as busy!!! Hey third week and still going strong! Wow! What happened? We've got site owners choosing FutureQuest and they are happy with us!!! WOOHOOO!!!!! We paid the high speed lines bill plus upgraded the server!! http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif)))))) We're a real hosting company now! The dream is a reality!
December - Reality shows itself in it's true form this month. The phone company tosses us 13 hours of down time in a single day right after the major holiday not to mention we've had to restructure the stats among other things to handle the load. This really is work :P We LOVE our job.. we are thrilled with the community atmosphere that is developing, we can't believe the way the site owners treat us during the worst of virtual times, we want to grow...no.. we ARE GOING to grow! Not too much though.. we've considered not accepting new accounts a couple times this month but so far haven't had to. Next month we may need to for a short while so that we may not only add a second server but also move into a location with bigger, better, faster lines along with adding another server and hiring a bit help to assure quality of service. The catch is being able to do this in such a way that the site owners will move with us (grin)
We realize many dreams are coming true, not without a LOT of hard work, total sleep deprivation, weight loss, stress, and brain cramping equations, but coming true none the less.
Andrew and Debbie get married - Dec 30th 1998. (shhh don't tell anyone... we snuck out to accomplish this, in between support emails, along with a beeper and a prayer that we could do so safely.)
1998 was a year of turning dreams into reality for us...
1999 is going to be a year of enhancements, growth, new friendships, and showing off a new way of doing business on the net... it's almost humorous when you think about it. Because our new way of doing business is all in doing it the old fashioned way http://www.aota.net/ubb/smile.gif
Happy New Year Everyone!!!!!!!
The Gillespie Family
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -- Eleanor Roosevelt
------------------
Unlocking the Power of the Internet!
www.FutureQuest.net (http://www.FutureQuest.net)