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Year 28<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n It’s hard to believe that Darcy and I have been doing this for 27 years and we’re beginning our 28th year. We have gone from rags to riches and back again. We’ve done some soul-searching and we almost gave it all up once. But we found ways to keep things going and over time settled for less while giving more. Doesn’t make good business sense, does it?<\/span><\/p>\n Well, we started off doing artistic things like stationery, “Acpressions”, QuickNotes, wallpaper photography, and so on. We loved it and many of our friends and site visitors did too. At one point we were getting three million visitors a month and our newsletters had over a quarter million subscribers. It was grand. We loved it.\u00a0 But even amid prosperity, we decided to never capitalize on or take advantage of our subscribers. Even back in then we considered our subscribers and site visitors to be our friends.<\/span><\/p>\n When we started 28 years ago, the internet was mostly free and mostly wild and unregulated. The good, the bad, and the ugly rose up from the cyber ether and new websites were springing up by the tens of thousands every day. We should know – we were one of the many “mom & pop” sites that were born in that wild era. The entire internet could have gone down and only the new adventurers who dared to navigate those wild cyber vistas would have known.<\/span><\/p>\n Now, the web has become a commercial bonanza for millionaires, billionaires, and sprawling corporations. If the internet went down right now the world as we know it would know it and the whole world would grind to a halt.<\/span><\/p>\n Oh how far we have come from the days or those screeching phone modems and computers with 64 KILOBYTES off RAM and 540 MEGABYTE hard drives! Darcy and I have seen it all and lived through it all and we’ve survived 27 years because of our friends. Friends like you.<\/span><\/p>\n Every morning (including weekends and most holidays) we make sure everyone who writes to us gets an answer. On average we each spend about 2 hours every morning making sure to answer all the emails we receive. And recently, we’ve started emphasizing helping people with computer problems by email for free. Many times this includes writing detailed tutorials and including them in emails to help people fix their computer problems.<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, we still offer computer repair services that are not free – but are still inexpensive – we have not raised the price of our computer repair service in a decade.<\/span><\/p>\n I guess what I’m trying to say as we begin our 28th year as “Cloudeight” is that we are only here because so many of you help support our site with your donations<\/a> and purchases of Emsisoft<\/a>, Reg Organizer<\/a>, OE Classic<\/a>, and our Cloudeight Direct Computer Care service<\/a>s. And thank you so much too, for subscribing to our Weekly and Daily newsletters.<\/span><\/p>\n Year 28 will undoubtedly bring challenges. We will continue to do our best to keep you up-to-date and help keep you safe. Who knows? We might even introduce a few new ideas in our newsletter\u2014maybe more smartphone tips or even a few life “hacks” that make everyday living easier. We’re always open to your suggestions, and we’re always here for you.<\/span><\/p>\n We hope we can continue to earn your trust and respect. We want you to know that we consider all of you our friends and hope, that if we continue to treat you right, you’ll continue to support us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As we begin our 28th year, we want you to know how much we appreciate you making all these great years possible.<\/span><\/p>\n From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so much!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Year 28 It’s hard to believe that Darcy and I have been doing this for 27 years and we’re beginning our 28th year. We have gone from rags to riches and back again. We’ve done some soul-searching and we almost gave it all up once. 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