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So I jumped on the bandwagon, and subscribed to TextDrive. They ran another VC offer, which is an unusual and smart move: attract some capital by offering a service, not a share in the company. The service being a lifetime 1Gb hosting offer.

You might question the validity of the offer (are they going to stay ?) or my motivation (I don't need this hosting right now). But my motivation is actually twofold. First, they're experimenters-friendly, with Apache 2, DAV, ruby, perl, python, Subversion hosting, Rails, SMTP/SSL, shell access. No problem running classic content management software: TextPattern, Wordpress, Instiki, MT, ... or exotic versioning systems (even Arch and SVK). And even in database space, it's pick what you like: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, BDB... And for some time I've been following what TextDrive is doing, their great support, the fact they fund interesting projects, and so on.

Oh, and they even have iCal hosting. How could I resist that ?

So yes, one part of the story is that I have now a perfect playground for all my small web-based toys. And I won't have to annoy more the friend who's helping me by hosting some of these, I was starting to have bad conscience.

And the other part of the story, as important, is that I have a good feeling about purchasing something from a company that tries to do The Right Thing.