Smalltalk Web Host Opens

Philippe Marschall philippe.marschall at gmail.com
Tue Dec 12 05:36:49 UTC 2006


2006/12/12, Yanni Chiu <yanni at rogers.com>:
> Philippe Marschall wrote:
> > And 256 MB of RAM, not 32 ;)
>
> There seem to be over 200 sites listed on
> seasidehosting.st. So:
>
> 200 * 256MB is 50GB of RAM.

http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/seaside/2006-February/006884.html

> I don't know what virtual hosting mechanism
> underlies the two sites, but I think there
> is an "apples to oranges" comparision here.

That has been discussed on the seaside mailinglist too. It uses a
technique similar to DabbleDB.
Honestly I don't see how you get anywhere with 32 MB and Squeak/Seaside.

Philippe

> Anyways, the main difference is that one is
> an ESUG/netstyle.ch funded public service
> meant to promote Seaside/Squeak/Smalltalk.
> Whereas, this new offering is targeted toward
> commericial use - something that is not allowed
> on seasidehosting.
>
> IMHO, the addition of seasideparasol.com should
> be seen, not as a competitor, but as the *success*
> of seasidehosting.st in promoting Seaside.
>
>
>



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