linux use in the area Re: ecommerce hosting services]

[Jim Herrmann]

I think sometimes it's just a matter of having time.  Many times those 
trying to start a small business don't have time for a user group.  
Maybe?  I could be wrong.

Jim

Jason Clinton wrote:

> Jim Herrmann wrote:
>
>> Virtual Wow (http://virtualwow.com/) is a local company that  hosts a 
>> site I maintain.  They are providing virtual,  chrooted environments, 
>> so if they don't have exactly what you want, you can install anything 
>> you want (within reason) yourself.  You might give them a look, and 
>> help support a local small business.  BTW, they use Red Hat, Apache, 
>> PHP, & MySQL (isn't there an acronym for that?  RAMP?  LAMP?) and 
>> they have an e-commerce package, just like you wanted, for as little 
>> as $17.45 a month.
>
>
> Does anyone else find it odd that all of these local shops we keep 
> hearing about are using Linux and no one from them every comes to our 
> LUG meetings or participates in the mailing list? Are people who are 
> using Linux for business not interested in the geek factor? Who's 
> running these things?
>
> Are people that participate in LUGs a niche even within the Linux niche?
>