I'm running into this now, but to get wide acceptance, hosting for Java needs to come down in price. For instance, I can find a company to host my html website for $10/year. I can find a company to host my asp/asp.net website for $3.99/month and I can find a company to host my php site for about the same. The CHEAPEST java host I found was charging about $15/mo for fewer feature addons (bandwidth, space, etc) than the $3 php or asp hosts.
It's not difficult to see why Java isn't in the mainstream as far as casual or moderate web developers go.
And I really don't understand why the cost is so high since everything Java hosting uses is supposed to be free (compared to buying IIS & a windows server).
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Do you think that designing civilization type games has made you (or even those that play your games) more prepared to be a real emperor/president/governor/senator/mayor/etc if the opportunity presented itself?
To elaborate, do you feel that designing (or controlling from a player's viewpoint) how the world operates in your computer games gives an edge in understanding rise and falls of power, humanity and people in general?
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I'm running into this now, but to get wide acceptance, hosting for Java needs to come down in price. For instance, I can find a company to host my html website for $10/year. I can find a company to host my asp/asp.net website for $3.99/month and I can find a company to host my php site for about the same. The CHEAPEST java host I found was charging about $15/mo for fewer feature addons (bandwidth, space, etc) than the $3 php or asp hosts.
It's not difficult to see why Java isn't in the mainstream as far as casual or moderate web developers go.
And I really don't understand why the cost is so high since everything Java hosting uses is supposed to be free (compared to buying IIS & a windows server).
Do you think that designing civilization type games has made you (or even those that play your games) more prepared to be a real emperor/president/governor/senator/mayor/etc if the opportunity presented itself?
To elaborate, do you feel that designing (or controlling from a player's viewpoint) how the world operates in your computer games gives an edge in understanding rise and falls of power, humanity and people in general?
Here is my little writeup and a few pictures. It's not as detailed of a review and it's definitely miniature biased.
http://gencon.displacedminiatures.com/