That’s Why
For the past while I’ve been wondering why I spend $100 a year for web hosting. I could get all the services, blog, email, etc. for free, and I don’t think that Google or Microsoft is going out of business anytime soon. Yahoo I’m not so sure about, but still. Here’s a horror story by way of DB that makes me feel better about it. First, if I pay someone to host my content and something screws up, I don’t figure that I’m going to need to be ‘connected’ in order to get my data restored; second, somehow paying makes me feel more responsible for backing up my data locally. That’s not exactly rational, or maybe it is: caveat emptor. Being a buyer reminds me that I have both rights & responsibilities.
