> Sure, the shared hosts providers and server farms will be > with for us a while (maybe a long while), but the one-sies, > the small web hosts are coming... (as sure as the bloggers > are replacing the traditional media as a source for > information and news.
There are two problems with this statement. First, the whole blogging "phenomenon" is hardly replacing the traditional media. It's certainly supplementing it for a lot of people, and it may draw attention to news that's underreported by the mainstream media, but it's still marginal at best. I have no reason to believe that'll change any time soon. Second, how you get from that to thinking that everyone will run their own web server I don't know. I suspect that any movement here is actually going in the opposite direction. Web hosting, like many other things, takes advantage of economies of scale. > Anyone with a $500 computer, a $19/mo DSL connection (and > little more) can host a credible web site... and provide as > much service to their clientele as, say, Victoria's Secret, > does to theirs. Aside from the fact that this is usually against your licensing agreement, as Sean pointed out, this simply isn't going to fly. Again, economies of scale come into play. There's a bunch of infrastructure behind any web site, even small insignificant ones. Why would anyone want to be responsible for that if they can avoid it? > To the smaller, emerging shop, Macromrdia's cost of entry is > way out there. They can not afford it! They will look elsewhere. > > I believe this market will be served by open-source and > proprietary software vendors with more flexible offerings: > Laszlo (God I hate typing that name), New Atlanta, Railo, to > mention a few. > > No disrespect to Macromedia intended... but if they do not > supply their server products at affordable prices, the > smaller customers will seek alternatives. that will. This is nothing new. Linux/Apache/MySQL/Perl have all been around for quite some time. If you're comparing something on price alone, it's hard to compete with "free" no matter how low your price is. So, there are two obvious questions to me at least. The first question is, does the product make things easier enough to cover its price? I think that for the current Flex adopters, the answer is yes. The second question is, at what price point does Macromedia do best? I can't answer that for them, but I can only assume that they've arrived at their own conclusions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194495 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
