[nylug-talk] Age old question, an acceptable Linux web hosting service (resolved for me.)

[Ron Guerin]

sixtyfourbeets wrote:

> Some reasons why I didn't chose some of the other suggestions.
> 1) Anything with a .org running as a for profit business seems unscrupulous
> to me.

.org was more like the "miscellaneous" TLD than the NFP
TLD, just like .com was originally intended to house commercial
entities.  .com, .net and .org have been generic TLDs for a long time.

The only TLD I actively avoid is .biz .  Dot-biz is the sewer of the
Internet, and anyone reputable in there is either so attached to the
second-level domain name that they've blinded themselves to the company
they're keeping, or are too green to know where they landed.[*]  It even
sounds cheesy.  Dot-biz.  Blech.

> 2) Paying anything over 50 bucks a months not including a 3 dollar fee to
> help me with config files is simply outragous to me.  If I can't figure
> out how to fix my own config files I have no business putting up a
> website for the world to see.

As many on here will tell you, you get what you pay for.  I don't think
paying more than $50 a month is outrageous without knowing what you're
getting for more than $50 a month.

> 3) Where I can I will support business that:
>      a) Do not outsource overseas.

There are several people on this list who dabble in various parts of the
public hosting business.  It's always good to keep business in the
family.  I know at least one of them is racking a few of our local user
group's servers gratis.  It's good to support businesses that support
you back.

>      b) Preferably do not host a ms at all.

Aside from what you're getting at here, someone might find themselves
hosting at a place that's only dabbling in Linux because their CEO heard
it's all the rage with the kids these days.

- Ron
[*] If this bothers anyone, then "no, I wasn't referring to you" :)