On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Duncan McGreggor < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey everyone, > > Divmod's been talking to various hosting companies about potential > Twisted deals (and maybe even support). I wanted to get a gauge of > people's level of interest in the services we've been discussing. > We're currently looking at the following options: > * Dedicated hosts, with Twisted libs pre-installed on them > * Virtual hosts/"slices" with Twisted libs pre-installed on them > * Clouds that support uploading and running Twisted apps > * Potential support contracts where Divmod engineers provide > high-level assistance for paying customers > * Becoming a reseller and offering these services directly through Divmod > > I've been approached privately by a few developers who use Twisted in > their projects at home and at work with questions about Twisted > hosting. They've been interested to know if 1) Divmod does Twisted > hosting, 2) anyone provides "out of the box" support for Twisted, and > 3) who we recommend. > > I know that as the years pass, I have less and less time to manage my > own systems responsibly. After 6 years, I'm closing down my colocated > boxes. When Twisted makes it to the cloud, I'll close down my virtual > hosts, too. I just don't have the time any more. All I need is > reliable uptime for my apps (most of them are just sites with dynamic > content). > > How many others on these lists feel that they would benefit from the > ease of pre-installed Twisted and/or support for Twisted apps in the > cloud? > > If you do, what kinds of apps (that you are currently running) do you > want to be able to run in such environments? Simple web sites? DNS > servers? Game servers? Chat applications? Web/data services apps? > > And lastly, what hosting companies are your favorites? Where would you > be happiest, if they supported Twisted? Would you consider switching > to a hosting provider that *did* support Twisted? > > Looking forward to hearing the people speak, > > d > I would definitely be interested in pre-installed Twisted servers and Virtual hosts. I currently use Twisted for serving dynamic web content, data capturing and chat services. Webfaction is a great hosting company and they have twisted support, albeit rather limited. I would think that if Divmod where to offer this service, you would find many a happy and eager python developer using your service. G
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