From: Andy Stone <xsltguru@...>
Date: 2005-04-28T00:18:21+09:00
Subject: Rails Hosting

Hello all,

I've recently picked up a side gig I'm planning to write with Rails
and even though I have a spot reserved at TextDrive (haven't had the
time to do anything yet), I was looking at alternative hosting
solutions.  I came across a2webhosting.com and it seemed like a good
resource.  Like all projects that start out, I'm hoping this project
catches on and TextDrive doesn't seem to offer larger hosting
packages.  Anyone have anything good/bad to say about
a2webhosting.com?

I have the choice of whatever language I wish to use and until seeing
a2webhosting I was thinking I would be stuck with PHP.  I don't know
either PHP or Ruby/Rails (JSP/JAVA programmer) but have been lurking
on the ruby-talk list for quite a while.  Funny thing is that even
though I have yet to write a line of Ruby code, I've read enough of
these message to start thinking in Ruby while I'm coding my JSPs.  Of
course, I say to myself "I could easily do this in just a couple of
lines in Ruby".

I would like to use Ruby/Rails as I have already convinced my CTO to
eventually change all of our development over to Ruby.  It only took 3
page document touting the benefits of Ruby and how it could help us
and fits in with our future goals.

So, if you have alternatives to a2webhosting, I'd love to hear them.

thanks,
andy