OT Web servers and ISP -and Rails

[Roger]

Thanks Phil
>> I have run into a gotcha with the ISP which will not provide  Rails 3 on
>> a shared server.
>> Can someone please enlighten me as to why not. What are the problems?
>>
>> Apologies for OT but google so far doesn't help.
> I had a similar situation & I just started using vps instead.
>
> I think most ISPs are still using Rails 2 because they see no need to
> upgrade & are also wary of the swiftness of the Rails/Ruby releases.
> Plus there is no definitive Rails 3 per se to speak of.
>
> So, your only choice is to go with either a dedicated server, a
> vps/cloud solution or a specialist Rails outfit. VPS/cloud is by far the
> cheapest & most flexible IMO & works for me.
>
> Cheers,
>
>    Phil...
>
I would tend to agree that there is no definitive rails 3. Each, even 
minor change, virtually wrecks some part of previous coding and now they 
recommend preparing for Rails 4 which will trash some Rails 3 coding.
Not happy Jan! Be great if the devs got something working and left it alone.
Is Rails 2 safe enough to rely on?

On the subject of Dedicated or VPS, I found Ventra-ip which provides 
Rails on shared server and today is releasing pricing on Dedicated and 
VPS. Prices are w-a-y below AussieHQ, Uber and others.
I've seen no reports of problems with them. Has anyone o list used Ventra?

<rant>
Strange thing with Fedora 18.
Apache  or rather localhost:3000 works a treat with Rails but Drupal 7 
on localhost/devsystem collapses when trying to install a live site 
copy. Mysql in Fedora 18 shuts down while building the database from an 
.sql file.  Pig of a thing.

<end rant>
Roger