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That was the second part of my first sentence, "rather than provide cPanel?" i.e. IT Professionals might certainly install cPanel on a server they support, so that other people can use cPanel to manage their own hosting on that server, but an IT Professional probably wouldn't be using cPanel to manage a server in its own right.
I think it's different - if people want a GUI for administering their Linux server don't they just install webmin and get it over with? With Windows, you have all that stuff by default, I don't know any Professional IT staff who install cPanel to make administering their Linux server easier?
You're not administering a server with cPanel, you're interacting with a web hosting application. I see it pretty clear cut at that level, I appreciate some might not agree with me. But just so we're clear where I stand.
The vast majority of those questions have 2 or fewer votes, and many, many of them have 0 or fewer votes (on the questions, not even considering the answers). I think the question here is, how many people 'manage computer systems in a professional capacity' using cPanel? In my experience, it's used almost exclusively by web hosting resellers and people who've bought consumer grade / small business hosting, and who use it rather than administer the system on which it sits?
I don't disagree, I'm suggesting it works the other way - people asking about cPanel are likely to be non-professional, I'm not suggesting volunteers always ask non-professional questions. I just know a lot of semi-IT literate friends who end up 'helping someone out' with a website end up with cPanel hosting (drives me insane, I hate it).
