Discuss digest, Vol 1 #731 - 15 msgs

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

Well, if you got a cheap machine, there is a co-location place in cambridge,
2000 Mass Ave, Cyber Access.

They are cheap, and probably know a little less then you, but at $99 a month
for power and ping is not bad.

www.cybercom.net

> Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 22:27:43 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Duane Morin <dmorin at lear.morinfamily.com>
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Really intro level hosting question
> 
> Ok, I'm through hearing from friends "Hey I'm building a web site for
> this  guy I know and I don't know anything about how do to it except to
> whip  some stuff up in FrontPage for him."  The fact that these people
> are  getting paid gives me a migraine.
> 
> The thing that's stopped me from doing this for anybody in the past is
> the  issue of finding a hosting provider.  I prefer to work in a 
> Linux/Tomcat/Java environment.  Does anybody have one they like that 
> particularly caters to small business (i.e. has really low startup
> cost)?
> 
> I know of two small business owners who might be willing to be guinea
> pigs  to help me work the kinks out.  I'd do their sites for free, but
> they  would still have to pick up the hosting costs.
>