Re: IBM i in the cloud (was social media)

If you need an IBM i resource of some kind to be avalilable 24/7, you have
to
pay one way of the other exactly as you pay for the milk in the supermarket.

But if you just want to have access to test your system on a Crazy CCSid
etc.,
I'm sure you can find someone in the forums that could provide you to that
service.

Gent's - use your network - it is a matter of trust !




On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:16 PM, Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

Do they have anything equivalent to PDM? DFU? WRKDBF? Query? STRSQL?

Command Prompting? Menus? Multiple Interactive Sessions?

I had a whole response typed up and then I got to the above question.
If somebody else wants to debate with you, that's fine, but you want
to say an entry level server isn't adequate without having ever used
the tools or knowing what's available vs. just asking this single
question.

To answer a portion of this question as it relates to admin'ing a
system, yes, they have things like Plesk Panel and cPanel included in
the Linux Cloud at Hosting.com(which is the one I would go with to get
the most bang for my buck with the MySQL+PHP stack at $55/month).

Aaron Bartell
www.MowYourLawn.com/blog <http://www.mowyourlawn.com/blog>
www.OpenRPGUI.com <http://www.openrpgui.com/>
www.SoftwareSavesLives.com <http://www.softwaresaveslives.com/>



On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

From: Aaron Bartell
I am not sure why you are bringing up development platforms.

Actually, you brought it up. Remember asking for compilers? This is not

the

first time you've suggested that IBM offer hosting for individual

developers.

We've been discussing it for months. It's a relevant problem. We

should be

discussing it. I just suggest that when you throw out low-ball pricing,

that

you back it up with valid comparisons.

Then there's www.dreamhost.com. I understand that there is a valid role

for

commodity web services. We use a commodity service for our web site, but

I just

won't pursue business relationships with companies that lie right off the

bat

with come-on offers of "unlimited" services at insignificant cost.

Since www.hosting.com appears to be a more legitimate solution for

developers,

maybe we can discuss it. It's just that their offer doesn't appear to be

for a

development box. It doesn't include compilers, for example. You'd need
something like Visual Studio for that. But I don't see how Visual

Studio, MS

SQL server, IIS, and ASP.Net could run under a 600 Mhz, 1GB RAM

constraints. And

the only DB at the $65/month price point is the free edition of SQL

Server

Express, which is constrained by design. They ask $179/month for the plan

with

MS SQL Server Web edition, which has fewer constraints.

Do they have anything equivalent to PDM? DFU? WRKDBF? Query? STRSQL?
Command Prompting? Menus? Multiple Interactive Sessions?

-Nathan




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