Myles Wakeham wrote:

> Andre van Zuydam wrote:
>
>> >I would just like to point out that on the Ubuntu Linux distribution
> one can with a single apt-get line install a full working Apache + PHP +
> Firebird environment.
>
> True, but people who develop in PHP need a place to host their web
> application - not just develop it. Its not normally hosted from their
> desktop development system. Its the hosting services that need to be
> evangelized for this, and typically they are not running Ubuntu on their
> servers - its OS distros like CentOS, Debian (pure), etc. that we need
> to be included in, IMHO.
>
> Then the likes of cPanel will see it, add it as a 'standard DB option',
> and you've got hosting companies offering Firebird hosting inexpensively
> to folks who will consider it.

Totally true ...
One of the reasons I've ended up with my own 'remote' machine at 1 and 1.
Perhaps now is the time to be looking at sub letting space on it :)

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