.NET 2.0 Buggy? April 19, 2006
Posted by techgrrl in Uncategorized.trackback
I'm on the lookout for a new web host because the good folks at Network Solutions can't tell me when their hosting plans will support .NET 2.0. I spoke with a local hosting company this morning and the guy didn't even know what .NET was after he assured me they support "all the popular" web dev languages. After checking with his technical folks, he told me they're not rolling out .NET 2.0 because "it's buggy". How convenient.
I'm sure the standard for rolling out a new version of a product in a Web hosting environment is much higher than the standard for rolling it out on the servers in my basement. At the same time, I'd expect a Web host to have a much better technology infrastructure for isolating new technologies. Hell, they could even charge a premium.
I think Network Solutions is really missing the boat by not hosting ASP.NET 2.0. I'm not asking anyone to install a beta product or even a first release. I went with Network Solutions because I've been burned by so many smaller hosts, but I'm definitely switching.
You might check out http://apparatus.net
I work for Apparatus, although not directly with our hosting side of things. I checked with our hosting guy, and he confirmed that we have several Windows server options, both physical and virtual, that are available. And with any of those servers you have complete control over what is installed on the server, so you can install .NET 2.0, or anything else you’d like, on it w/o issue.
The website lists some of our plans, or you can contact Josh Adams ( jsadams@apparatus.net) for details of our most current setups available.
Wow! And you’re based in Indy! I’m totally geeked out. I’ll definitely check you guys out. Thanks.