Posted by Sanders Kaufman on 09/22/07 09:27

"Steve" <j80k-vpfc@dea.spamcon.org> wrote in message
news:memo.20070922100601.5836B@rook.127.0.0.1...

> To come back on topic, if you are running a business from your website,
> and it is making you some money, then hosting is worthwhile and is a
> legitimate business expense, offsettable against income/company tax. If
> like me you do it for fun and self improvement, and you already have all
> the kit you need, don't waste money.

I do this more for fun than money, too.
And I gotta disagree.
The value I've recieved from paying a few hundred dollars per year for web
hosting has MORE than paid for itself - just on the hobby side.
Beyond that, the income from just ONE customer pays for all my hobbying.

Having a second computer laying around is way cool.
But having an off-site, secure, well-maintained server is da bomb.

And if you ever do any MS stuff - it's an absolute necessity.
It's easy to maintain a home Unix network - but an Active Directory system
requires an AWFUL lot of computer power.

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