Sounds great,
Need a mirror site for openvds.org ? -Mike Princeton jct NJ USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Cost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Freevsd-Support@Freevsd. Org" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 4:01 AM Subject: Goodbye FreeVSD, welcome OpenVDS (developers read here) > Hi all ;-) > > Tired of waiting for idaya's 1.4.10 packages, the new kernel, the new skels > etc etc.... and reading the provsd pricing model (ouch!) i took the coffe > machine closer to me and.... in the last week I've been working full time on > the FreeVSD project patching the libraries and moving everything on RedHat > 7.2. New Kernel, New Stuff. > > Why? Because I can't expect more help from idaya. They're going commercial. > FreeVSD will slowly die or at least updates/new features will come at much > lower rate and much later than in provsd. They're not well funded and they > need cash (and quick I would add). They may not be around next year. > > I have branched the code from FreeVSD 1.4.10 and made some patches to > sendmail, apache, postgres, mysql so that they can be installed on the skel. > > I'm suggesdting that we create a new project that goes in parallel with > FreeVSD. If idaya and us keep collaboration I would be more than happy. If > not, we can move on our way. > > So let me introduce the new baby: > > Ladies and Gentleman, > > I'm proud to present you > > O p e n V D S > > which stands for Open Virtual Dedicated Server > > The idea is to enhance the original Free Virtual Server Daemon concept of > FreeVSD to make it an open-source dedicated platform for web hosting > companies (mine included ;-) > > So, developers.... jump aboard. I'm in the process of registering the > project with SourceForge and will be uploading the CVS tree + my own > packages briefly. They're all compiled for RedHat7.2 ;-) BUT: I need help. I > need everybody to contribute the way they can > (documentation/patches/testers/etc etc). > > Best wishes to all > > Dave. > > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- > Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support > Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- --- > > ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- ------------------------- The freeVSD Support List -------------------------- Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=subscribe%20freevsd-support Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=unsubscribe%20freevsd-support Archives: http://freevsd.org/support/mail-archives/freevsd-support -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
