Frank HeijkampOct 20
@hugoestr Or find a local company and pay them in order to do it for you. #SupportLocal
@rysiek
Show threadFediThing Oct 20

@alterelefant @hugoestr @rysiek

It's surprisingly cheap to use managed hosting nowadays, you can get your own instance of all kinds of online services starting for just a few euros a month. You don't have to do any tech stuff yourself, the price includes maintenance etc.

If it's a small company it's also much easier to get hold of support people there if you do have any problems.

I don't know how many of them rely on Amazon, but at least all of my instances are working fine today and they're on multiple managed hosting companies.

Show threadBoris MarinovOct 20
@FediThing @alterelefant @hugoestr @rysiek
It is easy to find a company which can host a server for you. It is next to impossible to find a company able to do that and also offering managed infrastructure (messaging, database and adequate networking). Why I don't know, I guess no one in Europe has both the idea and the funds for that.
Show threadMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦Oct 20
@bmarinov @FediThing @alterelefant @hugoestr hey @flokinet
Show threadFlokiNETOct 20
@rysiek @bmarinov @FediThing @alterelefant @hugoestr we offer managed options for server including Matrix, Mastodon etc. Soon we will also have SaaS/IaaS ready with our OpenStack based Cloud in Iceland. Just reach out and we will find a way!
Show threadBoris Marinov
@flokinet @rysiek @FediThing @alterelefant @hugoestr I think the biggest unoccupied niche on the European market right now falls in the PaaS category, and especially messaging platforms eg. message brokers. Can't do much at scale without a queue and having to self host and operate usually means that engineering teams quickly move over to one of the big three.
But I understand that offering something like that requires a lot of know how and expertise. :/
Oct 20 at 12:49pmWeb