Random thoughts. Why would I want to have my DB instance sitting out in the internet rather then next door to my applications Are you only offering MySQL? Wh

Random thoughts. Why would I want to have my DB instance sitting out in the internet rather then next door to my applications Are you only offering MySQL? What are you offering over every other hosting company that provides LAMP stacks? (Price/Tools/Uptime/Expereince?) What is your backup strategy?