CMR, Finally re-found your email ... I have previously made a similar proposal ... maybe we can work together on finding a host for the group?
I sent an earlier post today through hack4dean, with a specific proposal ... Look forward to hearing from you. Howard2 > Josh, > > What are you envisioning? Virtual hosting package on, say, a > linux/apache/mysql (or postgre) hosting service? > > Some advantages there: relatively cheap; somebody else sets up and maintains > server and database; we config; some pretty good packages out there with > affordable bandwidth/datatransfer rates; adequate space (which can be > upgraded if/when needed); multiple domains and bucu email addresses; various > other features standard and optional; all this with solid tech support and > quality security can be found via a little shopping.. > > Or, there's always a dedicated server box hosted on site: lots of room but > generally pricey.. > > Here's the deal; guess I'm getting old (and middle class) cause whereas I > always had more time than money in my activist days, I'm findin the reverse > these day's what with a 50+ hr a week programming job and having 'inherited" > a family recently when I moved in with my wife to be, her 2 kids, and her > huge f$%$ing lawn (that's another 10 hrs a week there). I know, way more > info than you needed; but bear with me here.. > > I want to be part of this phenom; I think it's the wave of the online future > and it just might help kick that pretzel eating redneck out of our faces for > good. Also I want to learn as much about these new distributed network > technologies as I can (and not necessarily have it all be playing -paying- > into billy g's hands, either). besides, it's not often one gets to help > shift a paradigm. > > But since I'm having trouble making the time to help code in my "free" time, > one way I can stay involved is by kicking down for the hosting space setup > and maybe the first couple months of fees; at least if it's option #1 above, > since I have a good idea what the setup cost and monthly fee would be. I'd > see it as the rest of my financial contribution to Dean's campaign as well > (or whoever's campaign it end's up being; you've got to wonder that if/when > this thing gets built, what we do if Dean flails; scrap it? I hope not; if > the technology's in place it could potentially be leveraged for whomever the > Dem nominee ultimately is; but I won't open that can of worms now). > > Anyway, thought I'd fly this and see who saluted. > > keep me posted > > CMR > > <--enter gratuitous quotation that implies my profundity here--> > > >
