just my 2 cents, I use these guys and they seem to be UNIX/LINUX friendly and they allow many types of administration privileges.
www.he.net ta-ta frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:52 AM Subject: Re: How much is too much > > On Thursday, Feb 27, 2003, at 06:43 US/Pacific, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [..] > > Bandwidth can be > > metered, but I haven't seen hosters who meter processor time. Instead > > they > > make vague statements about removing inappropriately-greedy scripts. > [..] > > Does anyone know how hosting companies really approach this issue? > [..] > > I think there is really more than one issue going on here. > > a. there are alternative perl cgi scripts that were built > to run under perl4, and early perl5, that have security > defects that really need to be addressed - and that this > is really the 'issue' that the hosting company is trying > to address in the process, and phrasing it badly. > > b. there are also badly written perl scripts that are > just badly written and should just be shot - and that > this is the real issue that is badly being presented - > including but not limited to, the usual problems with > not managing the 'fatalToBrowser' problems.... > > c. sometimes the 'real issue' is that they want to > switch to an 'all microsoft shop' and hence view perl > as some strictly unixie kinda thing - inspite of > the reality. > > d. sometimes this is tied up in the evolutionary problem > that some folks want to use perl5.6.1 and that would of > course require the hosting server to upgrade from the > vendor supplied 5.5.3 version.... or REALLY SCARY the > problem of working out when to make the cut over to > 5.8.0 because of the problems that will arise with > binary compatability - and so the issue here is how to > work out where on the version of perl one should be using > as the default baseline... > > All of which can be driven by 'marketting prejudice' or > 'geek prejudice' at the hosting site about what the > real costs of maintaining x,y,z coding environments can/should > be quantified as. > > So I would not start calculating pi any time soon, > but you may want to talk with your current hosting > service about how they REALLY look at all of this. > > ciao > drieux > > --- > > ikky sub-text - you may also want to shift to OSX, > and bring up the apache server, and get your own > IP Address Space, plonk a firewall in, get the > Fibre Optic Terminal, and become your own web > hosting site - that way supporting the revitalization > of the economy through more consumer confidence in > high technology .... You know that the FCC has finally > deregulated the telecom industry... > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
