Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> writes:

> The hosting company's job is to keep servers running, not troubleshoot
> our code. I would never expect a hosting company to be knowledgeable
> about javascript or any other language.

I couldn't agree more!

Of course, having worked the phones in a "full service" hosting provider
that *did* offer that kind of support, in the full swing of the boom of
the 90s, I'm kind of biased on the subject. :-)

> And hosting it yourself is the worst thing you can do. What happens
> if your phone line goes down? Your power goes out? Your server hangs
> while you are at work - or worse yet, on vacation.

That depends. If it's a hobby site, the answer to those questions may
well be, who cares. I can fix it when I get back, the line gets fixed,
or whatever. Baby pictures don't really need five nines uptime.

> Additionally, it
> may be a violation of your ISP's TOS (and they may even have port 80
> blocked for incoming requests).

I'd be far more concerned with that aspect of it that the reliability.

Also, many ISPs offer web space to their customers, many of them for
free.

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