Re: FREE hosting platforms with PostgreSQL, Java SDK, Tomcat, ecc.?

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 11:22 AM, John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com> wrote:

> On 08/07/11 1:46 AM, Fernando Pianegiani wrote:
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>> how do you explain the services of file hosting? By those services
>> millions of persons free-load pictures, videos, text, GBs of data, etc.. I
>> think that what I asked is quite similar, that is the use of a piece of
>> remote hardware where to have free software installed. The difference in my
>> opinion is in the fact that I implicitly asked also for the use of a free
>> operating system, but not in the hardware or in its maintenance.
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> that stuff is usually advertising supported. many of those 'free' file
> hosting systems charge to let people download at reasonable speeds, and make
> the download process painful for freeloaders. or, like Google Picasa's
> image service, they charge if you use more than a couple gigabytes. how
> do you attach advertising to a user programmed tomcat server with a postgres
> database?

This is an interesting question for people who want to develop business in
the field of the cloud.

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