The fact that Ruby on Rails (RoR) and PHP can run on shared hosting (e.g. BlueHost.com) for $7/mo with 12-month minimum,or for free at Joyent.com thanks to a Yahoo promo, it’s no wonder the adoption is so widespread in the dev community.
However, thanks to Rackspace and their Linux-based cloud offering, a 512MB Cloud Server is now available for $22/month, with no setup or minimums. Need it for 2 weeks? No problem – just pay for 2 weeks ($11).
This kind of setup is perfect for an early stage test environment or quick proof of concept. I have been a long time Rackspace customer in previous years – excellent service – glad to see they are being so competitive in the cloud space and helping the Java/JVM guys out!
