>"tiny VM tucked into some obscure pool", what are you thinking of here? I imagine the OP meant that you can do a lot of things with just a tiny little VM, inc

>"tiny VM tucked into some obscure pool", what are you thinking of here? I imagine the OP meant that you can do a lot of things with just a tiny little VM, included in a pool of larger VM's somewhere, unassuming .. just off to the side of the main budget. >And are you saying this could work with a few technically-minded friends, or with anyone? Once you get a phpBB/mailmain system set up, its really easy to send less technically-inclined folks towards the community - but indeed, community-run servers tend to survive longer than those led by a BDFL ..