On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I am the creator of LibreOfficeForum.org. I'd just like to set a few > things straight. > > ... > 2. Ads. Yes, we have them. They are only Adsense text ads, I do not and > will never permit image ads or 3rd party sponsor ads. I think this is a > responsible and simple method of keeping the forum running if it gets hit > with more traffic. Good hosting is not cheap. I realize that some users > hate ads with a passion. Most of those users are already running an ad > blocker, so they will never see the ads anyway. And additionally, any > registered user can disable the ads with two checkboxes in his user > preferences. > You probably use a dedicated host from http://www.softlayer.com/dedicated/(at least $119 per month) because $ host www.libreofficeforum.org libreofficeforum.org has address 174.121.218.38 and $ host 174.121.218.38 38.218.121.174.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 26.da.79ae.static.theplanet.com. and finally www.theplanet.com leads to www.softlayer.com. The same IP address that has libreofficeforum.org (174.121.218.38) hosts about 430 websites. See http://whois.domaintools.com/174.121.218.38 Examples of websites are http://www.1dayacuvuemoistreviews.com/ http://www.1luv2ya.com/ I think the issue is that for a free and open-source project, it's easy to get fast Internet access and a good server, donated by some University or a company. A group of volunteers can maintain it in the beginning. Therefore, there is no need to go into issues such as paying from your own money for a server and supplementing it with ads. Simos -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
