As in the source distributed? I don't think so.. As developments go it wouldn't bee too difficult to replicate the /. setup, but the issue would be time to do it..You could start with one of the existing php/mysql CMS systems and go from there. phpnuke or mamboserver might be a good starting point.
They (/.) have done the hard work establishing a model. It would take some time to replicate it, but not an inordinate amount if you had a small team of dedicated nutters on the job.. And if it worked, then it'd be the serious money for the bandwidth which would stop most punters.. Even in the land of the free (supposedly) data volumes in the scale of /. would not be cheap, I imagine we're talking upwards of 100Gb a month of throughput... How many hits do they get a day? Average out to maybe 15k a hit? By the time users have cached the images etc. Cheers, Chris Hellyar. Selwyn District Council Phones: X 831 (03)324 5831 (021) 350 603 <This message has not been inspected by the Chief Censors office> -----Original Message----- From: Vik Olliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 17:12 To: Chris Hellyar Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Slashdot's precarious position Chris Hellyar wrote: > > Anyone got the source code and a very friendly ISP? Is there anythign that's distributed? That way we'd not be stuck with the vaguarities of one supplier. Vik :v) -- /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . /"\ \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign One of The Olliver Family \ / X - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail http://olliver.family.gen.nz X / \ - NO MSWord docs in e-mail Public PGP key available there / \ ###################################################################### The contents of this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient please delete the message and notify the sender. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Selwyn District Council ######################################################################
