My opinion here is that something as fundamental as what GNU social aims
to be should no limit itself to particular languages/environments based
on what the cheap hosting providers are willing to host.
I don't expect the average internet user to go out and get a virtual
private server, however. What I envision are GNU social service
providers popping up in the same way that free email providers do.
-Adrian
Jason Self wrote:
Matt Lee <[email protected]> wrote ..
On 03/28/2010 02:03 PM, Henry Litwhiler wrote:
I don't see why users have to be able to use commodity hosting. If we
make it easy enough, anyone can host their own GNU Social install, p2p
style.
Because I don't believe the majority of people will.
What will they host it on? The majority of Facebook users don't have a
machine they can install their own servers on. Being able to use this
from anywhere is key for success, and that means browser based.
+1
Plus, remember that many ISPs (at least in the U.S.) prohibit their customers
from running "servers" under penalty of cancellation.
