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mod_python was notoriously unstable and is now disgustingly obsolete, it has been replaced by mod_wsgi for some years now (with the additional advantage that apps which work on mod_wsgi will work on many other servers).

The reason you have trouble deploying Python is purely that the hosts you are trying to use CHOOSE not to support it.

You can get really excellent, easy $10/mo Python hosting but if you ask for 'free,' beggars can't be choosers, so you will get whatever they feel like giving you. This is not a function of the underlying technology.

Don't blame other languages if you have not ever figured out how to do anything other than PHP

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Well this is why I guess php wins. Because the other communities have complete disregard for what the common newbie considers valuable.

The question is whether something matches php's economic model. If the answer is no, its no.

You can get the hosting for $x/mo is not an answer nor a solution for most people.

Instead of blaming "the other communities" blame the web hosts which decide that they only like to support PHP out of the box. Many other languages can be made easy to deploy on shared hosting, it is up to the host to actually do so. Nobody can force them.

> You can get really excellent, easy $10/mo Python hosting...

Any recommendations? I need one for a small biz (in the US), so this is a serious question. I would pay 2-3x that much for a "really excellent" platform I could build a business site on without having to be the entire sys admin.)

Webfaction[1] is really quite good, and well inside your budget. It's shared hosting, but it's good shared hosting, and they're very Python friendly. One click to create a Django app, and you can easily install your own frameworks and stuff. Depending on what your neighbors are doing you may get varying performance, but what can you do?

If you need more reliability than shared hosting can give you, then you either head into the VPS/IaaS/dedicated space (and need to do your own sys admin stuff), or you head into the GAE/Heroku/PaaS space (and need to pay a lot more).

There are always tradeoffs. :) (And no, I have no reason to recommend them other than being a happy customer. <shameless>...unless you want to use my affiliate link[2] to sign up, of course.</shameless>)

[1]: http://www.webfaction.com

[2]: http://www.webfaction.com?affiliate=chaos

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