[Alas Babylon!]

I’ve been working on a new system using AJAX based techniques for a couple years (in my spare time) and even have a bare bones prototype working, but it’s months away from even being ready for beta testing.

It's nice to hear about some of the "older" designers keeping their skills sharp! ;-)

Cloud may be the way to go; you don't have to worry about the server iron, backups, data protection, power, cooling, etc.; great to offload that to somebody else.

Still, what about content and politics? Most of the bigger Cloud providers are also very Left leaning...

Remember when the NFL wouldn't let Rush Limbaugh buy 1/6th of the St Louis Rams? Would they want Free Republic on their datacenter?

[Jim Robinson]

Well, our current provider also provides cloud services and they’ve been pretty good to us for the last dozen years or so. I’ve had a (tiny) cloud account there for a year or so for development purposes.