[COLUG] New Member and ISP Info

[Dave]

On Dec 28, 2006, at 11:20 AM, Mark Erbaugh wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a new subscriber to this list and wanted to introduce myself. I'm
> planning on attending the COLUG meeting this Saturday.
>
> My name is Mark Erbaugh. For many years, I have been an independent,
> self-employed, software developer, programming mostly in Borland  
> Delphi
> and most recently in Python, but all using Windows.
>


Welcome. I rarely make a meeting but have learned a lot from this  
list the last 10 years.

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> I would like to add Ubuntu support to my business. My target niche  
> would
> be small businesses. Since I live in Madison County, I'm thinking  
> Ubuntu
> would be a nice solution for farmers. I think Ubuntu could save them
> from paying big bucks to Redmond (or as I suspect running pirate
> copies). I would also like to do software development using Python  
> under
> Linux.
>
> --------------------------
>
> I have a question for the group. I have a small website for my  
> company.
> I've never done any CGI programming, but it looks like it can be  
> done in
> Python. Since I know Python, that's what I'd like to use.  
> Unfortunately,
> it appears that my current web hosting service (DragonBBS) does not
> support Python. When I called tech support, they didn't even know what
> Python is.  I'd like recommendations for an alternate web hosting
> service that does support Python for CGI.  I'm looking for something
> inexpensive, my DragonBBS account is only $90 / year.
>


I teach and write mostly Python and a little C++ code these days for  
Linux and OS X. Yes, Python can be used for CGI. I've only done a  
little with Python CGI - I mostly write small to medium size desktop  
apps with Python. I don't have any experience with hosting providers,  
but the bottom of the following page has some links to companies  
providing Python web hosting.

http://wiki.python.org/moin/PythonHosting

Dave