Comments on: Coming Soon, Free Hosting for Facebook Apps

By: Glum Economy Brings On Good Times for Joyent - GigaOM

Glum Economy Brings On Good Times for Joyent - GigaOM — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:56:11 +0000

[...] cloud services, becoming a default infrastructure provider to many social applications, notably the Facebook platform. Joyent got a start with a seed round four years ago and is cash-flow positive, according to Joyent [...]

By: Facebook Pokes Dell, Jilts Rackable? - GigaOM

Facebook Pokes Dell, Jilts Rackable? - GigaOM — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:52:06 +0000

[...] In my conversation with Michael Dell said: “In our view is that there is definitely enormous opportunity in cloud infrastructure. A few years ago, we were out there selling our servers and found that some of these new companies had unique requirements that were really different from the general-purpose servers.” Dell has been trying to get closer to Facebook. Dell has worked closely with Joyent to offer a cloud service that offers free services to Facebook app developers. [...]

By: karthik

karthik — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:11:49 +0000

Joyent or not, you still gotta hand it to someone willing to back the amazingly cool Facebook App Community. It’s the consistent, usable applications that really set Facebook apart from other Social Networking sites.

By: hina

hina — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:26:09 +0000

I have here with a new idea, that is not only host and share your files, but you can search for files too. Initially (link) allows only document files. This site is built with an aim to provide you every possible file you need.

Looking for feedback

By: How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM

How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:43:08 +0000

[...] Network.com, EMC’s recently launched storage cloud service, and those offered by startups such as Joyent and [...]

By: Mosso Joins the Cloud Computing Fray - GigaOM

Mosso Joins the Cloud Computing Fray - GigaOM — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:01:01 +0000

[...] a Marin, CA-based start-up, which recently started offering such scale-as-you-need-to services to Facebook application developers. That said, I think Mosso type services are good for the hosting business, and also for start-ups [...]

By: Facebook playground! at DO

Facebook playground! at DO — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 06:08:10 +0000

[...] Well, but getting back on the subject… apparently Joyent will be providing a hosting solution to Facebook developers for FREE. [...]

By: adda

adda — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:17:58 +0000

Hola! i work in asp.NET can i develpe on it for facebook and Joyent..?

By: GigaZu

GigaZu — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:35:56 +0000

Also curious what language it will be developed i, prob php.

By: Hosting Designed For Facebook Applications | Thom Allen Weblog

Hosting Designed For Facebook Applications | Thom Allen Weblog — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:56:25 +0000

[...] Joyent has announced a new hosting service specifically targeting Facebook applications. Facebook doesn’t host third party applications, that’s up to the responsibility of the application developer. If an application becomes popular that can really put a strain on the applications server and the developers pocket book. Joyent, a start up web hosting and on demand computing services provider based in California, will be offering developers a place to host their Facebook applications for free. Yes, you read that right, free. Read the whole article on GigaOM here. [...]

By: Kristie Wells

Kristie Wells — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 23:47:03 +0000

Charlie: the Facebook Accelerator we built works with PHP, Rails, and Python. We are fine tuning one for Java and should have that ready shortly.

Our standard Accelerator works with them all - without fail.

Nicholas: we invested a lot of time and energy into this program. I would like the opportunity to prove you wrong. Sometimes you do get more than what you pay for.

By: michaelportent

michaelportent — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:01:10 +0000

By: NoHost

NoHost — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:07:26 +0000

OM - Honestly, tell me will you host with Joyent?

By: Free Facebook App Hosting by Joyent » Thought & Theory - Formula for Change

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:59:22 +0000

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By: Free Web Hosting for Facebook Applications : Facebook Developer

Free Web Hosting for Facebook Applications : Facebook Developer — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:52:05 +0000

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By: Brian Kerr | links for 2007-11-13

Brian Kerr | links for 2007-11-13 — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:26:56 +0000

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