This is an interesting debate - not the least because I find myself
disagreeing with those whom I usually agree (and vice versa).
Which causes me to be curious if I misinterpreting arguments or
missing something relatively major in my own process.
Some of my sites are hosted in shared hosting while others are on a
dedicated machine. I make the decision based on the needs of a
particular client. In no case do I provide hosting myself.
This is only in very small part to save money. A much larger issue,
for me, is that hosting is outside my skill set and outside what I enjoy doing.
Given that I don't do hosting, and that some of my clients don't want
to manage that on their own, I try to present my client multiple
options for how to handle their hosting.
I find that for some, using shared hosting is the best option - even
if that means that they run on CF Professional.
Am I missing something in this discussion or does anyone see a
problem in having some clients on shared hosting (running CF Pro)?
Thanks for your input,
Steve Bryant.
Bryant Web Consulting LLC
http://www.BryantWebConsulting.com/
http://steve.coldfusionjournal.com/
At 12:12 PM 11/7/2005, Joe Rinehart wrote:
Ok, the topic has changed, I'll chip in :)
> There you go... you have validated my point. Not everyone has a credit card
> limit to throw at a business venture.
If someone can't raise a $5,000 credit line, it's probably not a good
idea that they start a business at all, and probably a worse idea that
anyone hire them.
> (By the way... credit is a path of
> raising investment capital also. Not everyone has a credit line. Would you
> believe there are people who don't do credit at all?)
I didn't do credit at all when I started my first business. I started
it at 19 with zero "investment capital" (kind of a mis-use of the
term), and sold it when I was 22. We used CF enterprise, and never
used credit to buy it; instead, a client actually bought it for us.
$5,000 is nothing in the terms of enterprise systems.
> You also have to be able to market yourself to recap your investment.
I think you mean others' investment in you - that includes creditors.
> And on the subject of a credit card... why don't we let people decide for
> themselves how much debt they want to assume.
We're already there. If they don't want to assume debt for purchasing
something, like software, they're welcome not to.
> Some creative business
> management my provide other avenues. Let's not condemn anyone because they
> don't raise 3K for enterprise just because that is something others may
> choose to do.
No, let's condem them. They *should* fail. If someone's willing to
do what it takes to use the best tool, and that provides them a
competitive advantage, then there's nothing wrong with that person
putting another shop out of business. In fact, it's a good thing.
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