From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 9 18:55:04 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 37C2916A4CF for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:55:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.well.com (smtp.well.com [206.14.209.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 44A8543D2E for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:55:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from howardjp@well.com) Received: from well.com (well.com [206.14.209.5]) by smtp.well.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBA2t2AX014076 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:55:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (howardjp@localhost) by well.com (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) with ESMTP id hBA2t2au004558 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:55:02 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 18:55:02 -0800 (PST) From: James Howard To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-VBS-Filter-Version: 1.14 (well.com modified) (smtp) Subject: Proposal: FreeBSD hosting cooperative X-BeenThere: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Non technical items related to the community List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 02:55:04 -0000 I've been looking around and Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP hosting sites are a dime a dozen. What I really want is a FreeBSD/Apache/PostgreSQL/PHP hosting site. Looking around, I've not seen anyone offering this service and nothing comes close in the $10/month price range all the LAMP sites offer. A few companies, such as 800hosting.com and RackSpace offer FreeBSD dedicated hosting, but at $99/month, this is a bit steep especially when all I need is something to host email and a couple small databases. Therefore, I propose a FreeBSD hosting cooperative. I think a few capable FreeBSD administrators could offer up $200-$300 dollars to cover start up and resell the remaining space. It probably would not turn a major profit, but it will probably pay for itself. So, I write now asking if anyone is interested. Thank you, James -- James Howard howardjp@well.com 202-390-4933