On Feb 13, 2005, at 7:16 PM, Dave Watts wrote: >> 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.
It is a prediction! I didn't say everyone! > >> 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. See my comment to Sean;s post. I already have the computer and the DSL/Cable connection. > 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? I am not talking about "Traditional" production sites, but: A developer, hosting his own site for client & customer demos training A family with kids wanting to publish a personal site for friends & family (the cost savings of sending each new picture of the kids, is pretty good justification) These sites, are low volume, low concurrency, don't need to be bullet-proof or even on available on-demand, As mentioned above, I already have the DSL/Cable connection and the computer. I can buy a package that includes the rest of the "infrastructure" pre-installed! > >> 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. I agree that Macromedia has a price point that works for them. It doesn't always work for others-- that's why they seek alternatives. Dick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:194502 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
