Posted by Steve on 09/22/07 10:12

In article <ig5Ji.5016$3Y1.3826@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net>,
bucky@kaufman.net (Sanders Kaufman) wrote:

> *Subject:* Re: scarcity of PHP5 hosting
> *From:* "Sanders Kaufman" <bucky@kaufman.net>
> *Date:* Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:27:18 -0500
>
> "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.
>
>
>
>
Basically we're agreeing ;-)

In short we are both saying..

Got income ? = Get hosting.

There is nothing even remotely business orientated on my sites. I'm an
electronics engineer. This really is, 'just for kicks' :-)

ergo: no income = DIY


- Steve

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