Good stuff Shannon, I was paying that much ($24.99) or more for shared 2003 hosting per month not too long ago.
Too bad the 2008, especially 64-bit, stuff is significantly steeper. At that price point, in my mind it becomes worth the minor hassle for a lot of people to go BizSpark or WebsiteSpark and get all the Windows/.NET licensing and hosting benefits that come with the essentially free registration. If you're producing a software product that involves .NET in any fashion, you're pretty much a shoe-in. Any chance GoGrid can bring that stuff down even further on the 2008 side? Or, if you are a *Spark partner, can they offer discounts specifically for partners? I negotiated a fairly big colo deal recently, and with BizSpark membership, we're not paying a monthly fee for our 2008 x64 hosts, which seemed to be a pretty common thing among hosting providers who endorse the *Spark programs. ∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 Google Voice ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=andrew%20badera On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Shannon Whitley <swhit...@whitleymedia.com> wrote: > I develop various applications using .NET tools (and PHP). For many > of my projects, I really need to run my own servers; shared webhosting > just doesn't cut it (and that's going to be especially true when I get > access to the firehose -- soon, I hope). > > I've been frustrated over the past year. Even though costs have come > down, it's still been too expensive to run a server on my own. I have > a feeling a lot of us are in the same boat. > > Luckily, I met some people on Twitter who work for a company called > GoGrid. We discussed the low number of hosting sites for .NET devs > and the high prices. GoGrid made me a deal (and I apologize if this > sounds like a sales pitch, but I hope you find the information > useful). The deal is, if I manage the orders from the .NET community, > I can offer devs a deeply discounted rate on GoGrid servers. So, I'm > passing the information onto the .NET devs on the Twitter list. > > If you'd like to know more, read the post below. You can contact me > with any questions. > > http://www.voiceoftech.com/swhitley/?p=837 >
