[ic] Interchange on FreeVSD?

[Interchange user]

> >> Depends on whether they install this part of the virtual server as links
> >> from the host or as real files in your own userspace ..
> >
> >Thanks; that's what I was getting at. So there's no problem with having a
> >complete (real) Interchange install in an individual userspace,
> > independent of the 'skel'? I thought maybe this wouldn't work because
> > Interchange needs to run as a daemon.
>
> Can't really speak for FreeVSD as it's now a long time since I used
> it, but this is how it works with our vservers. Most of a vserver consists
> of hardlinks from the host, but selected components are real and
> Interchange runs very happily inside a vserver.
>
> You should be aware of the history of FreeVSD: near the end of 2001
> the developers decided to take it commercial (ProVSD) and the
> user reaction to this was, basically, fury (it was GPL and incorporated
> *lots* of user input). The user community then split off into another
> direction but fizzled out. Basically, there is no user support for it
> any more and it is best considered 'dead'. There are far better
> implementations of the same idea available.
> -
> Cheers
> Lyn St George
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OK, that's great.

I hear you on the current situation with FreeVSD. The reason I'm asking 
specifically about it is because I had decided to go with Caged Tornado for 
IC hosting, and they use it to implement their virtual servers.

Generally, I noticed that hosting companies that use commercial VPS software 
such as Ensim, Virtuozzo, etc. reflect that in their prices, and until things 
take off, I have to keep expenditure to a minimum.

Thanks again for your help.