I'd like to get remote access to more of the varieties of UNIX to test some C++ middleware/software I'm working on -- http://webEbenezer.n...tegration.html. I'd like to have access to Solaris, AIX, HPUX and Mac OSX systems. In addition, I'd like to have access to the platform's native C++ compiler. I don't need to have 24/7 access, but it would be helpful if there was a regular schedule that the machine would be available so I could plan accordingly. I'll give you a link from my website in exchange if you like.

Brian Wood
Ebenezer Enterprises
http://webEbenezer.net
(651) 251-9384

You can rent servers by the hour on Amazon's EC2, and the smallest servers they have cost $0.02 an hour. You can probably find an EC2 image for most if not all of those operating systems, boot up your own machine, and have at it for as long as you'd like.

You can rent servers by the hour on Amazon's EC2, and the smallest servers they have cost $0.02 an hour. You can probably find an EC2 image for most if not all of those operating systems, boot up your own machine, and have at it for as long as you'd like.

I agree with BeanDog that purchasing a server from EC2 will certainly give the most flexibility. Although it's not unheard of, it's really not a great security practice to give out shells to people on the Internet whom you don't know very well. It's not that people don't want to help, but it's generally frowned upon.

Amazon EC2 has many of the operating systems you're looking to test on, and gives you much more than just a user account: you get full root (administrator) access to the system, allowing you to configure it as you like, learn some Linux/UNIX fu and test in all the environments you'd like!

Good luck