49th Parallel-
Couple of things..
589 days of uptime with any version of RedHat? I'm assuming that is what you're on, I understand it might be some other flavor or Linux and this might be off the mark.. Dude, there's been kernal updates that would have required a reboot.
The difference in pricing for managed versus unmanaged at my company is truly token, as is the case at most hosts. Even if the servers were unmanaged those price points would still be absurd.
Finally, I call BS on the "unprofessionalism" comment. I didn't post any of his contact info nor did I offer to give that out. The point of the thread was not to humiliate the guy that asked for the offer, it was to accomplish two things.
1) Teach him the economics of the situation.
2) Challenge every host that visits GFY to maybe find one that can help him.
Spending the time to reply as I did and making the extra effort to try and get the guy hooked up goes above and beyond in my opinion. Most hosts would have said 'No' and given zero explanation or offer of assistance to help the customer find another solution. I emailed him a link to this thread and I do sincerely hope someone can hook him up.
There's a reason why nobody on GFY (except you) hates me
hehe
Cheers,
Brad