sounds like a kool idea. How much would it cost per member?
On Wed, 2003-09-24 at 16:28, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> Does anyone know of an NZ unix server co-operative?
>
> By that, I mean a unix box on the Internet, where a member can have root
> access easily available?
>
> I co-admin ourshack.com, which runs in the UK, and there we have about a
> dozen sysadmins, all pitching in to different parts of the system. It
> operates by trust, and "Primum non nocere" - "first, do no harm". It
> hosts websites and mailing lists, some personal, some for clubs and
> societies, and some for commercial entities (but OurShack provides no
> commercial contract, nor guarantee of service). It allows
> experimentation (i.e. you want to run qmail? Go ahead - get a new IP
> address, and make sure you don't clobber the working MTA ...)
>
> I'm looking for a NZ-based service in the same vein - I am aware of some
> private servers that would be available to the right people, but
> wondered what else was out there ...
>
> Absent some suitable solution, I might be setting something up myself (I
> have potential access to some rack space in CHCH, at low cost, and not
> via an employer)
>
> -jim
