Hi Snorri, Thanks for the offer and Eddy for the input. I think we should end this thread here. :)
--David On Aug 1, 2008, at 2:52 AM, Snorri wrote: > Dear Scott, > > Just to inform you, > We have strong and secure dedicated servers… (Hosting Company) with > monitoring 24/7 > We can freely offer the hosting for the foundation > > Regards > > -Snorri > > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De > la part > de Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) > Envoyé : vendredi 1 août 2008 00:51 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: [OpenID board] OSL handling infrastructure for > openid.net ... > > Dick Hardt: > > > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De > la part > de Scott Kveton > Envoyé : vendredi 1 août 2008 01:02 > À : [email protected] > Objet : Re: [OpenID board] OSL handling infrastructure for > openid.net ... > >> Yes, I believe that to be the correct thing to do...I also believe >> (as you >> suggested) to get competitive offers from different companies for the >> hosting needs of the OpenID foundation. Dedicated servers can be >> rented > for >> as low as US$ 40-50 per month. I could consider to offer installing >> and >> maintaining the needed applications if it's of any help. > > I have to chime in again because I have knowledge in the space of > dealing with hosting of open source communities. > > Yes, we could get a server for $40 - 50 /month easily. Who's going to > maintain it? Who's going to back it up? Who's going to make sure its > up-to-date from a security perspective? Who's going to deal with it > if there is a catastrophic failure of the hardware? Who's going to be > on call 24/7 to manage the machine should something come up? Also, > there is sensitive data on this machine in the mailing lists; is this > something we want to trust to just anybody? > > Let's make sure we're comparing apples to apples here. > >> Yes - or perhaps the amount is completly overblown. One year >> hosting != > 10K, >> sorry... > > I should have clarified. This was a one-time donation/payment to the > OSL for the the hosting of the OpenID community on the OSL network for > both the past 2 years and for the foreseeable future. > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board > > > _______________________________________________ > board mailing list > [email protected] > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board _______________________________________________ board mailing list [email protected] http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/board
