[plt-scheme] Commercial hosting of the PLT Web Server

You could try the 'Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud' thingy, the idea
being that you only run it when you need it to keep it under the $5 a
month limit.

cheers,

S>



On Dec 25, 2007 12:59 AM, Dan Prager <danprager at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> Hi Mat
>
> Thanks for taking an interest.
>
> Background:
>
> I do commercial work by day, but have a personal fun project that I am keen
> to start on.
> For maximum enjoyment I would like to use Scheme, but am concerned that I
> won't be able
> to easily obtain public hosting at a spouse-justifiable price.
>
> So:
>
> By cheap, let's go with <= $5 (maybe $15) / month.
>
> By simple:  I mean that I would prefer not to have to do some sysadmin-y
> things.
>
> Ideally, are there services out there that allow you to use the PLT
> Web-server
> to host your app "out-of-the-box" (I couldn't find any)?
>
> Alternatively, I am prepared to learn and do what is necessary
> within reasonable time constraints.  For example, if there are services that
> allow you to set up your own web-server, and that's the easiest way to get
> started,
> then if someone could point me to such a service, or -- even better -- point
> to
> instructions for how to set-up the PLT Webserver on such a service, that
> would be
> great.
>
> By levels of service:  Pretty rudimentary would suffice.
>
> However:
>
> If it turns out that my idea "takes off", then I would be interested in
> higher cost, higher
> level-of-service alternatives.
>
>
> Thanks again
>
> Dan
>
>
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