Nov. 2, 2009
12:59 p.m.
An always-on "small" EC2 instance is at least 500$ a year, with a small storage cost added to that.
OTOH, that isn't that expensive (compared to the other PSF expenses), plus people keep donating money, so when we say what we use it for, there may be a larger return than just the test results. OTTH, the same could be achieved by buying a hosted server elsewhere. Regards, Martin P.S. Perhaps this *is* the time for Steve to ask for "always-on" machines.