<I thought about this for a while, and I'd rather not do this at the
moment. This would tack on an additional $1,500 for the cost of the
server>
If Oceanic can be firm on its commitment, I'll try to find the fund
or at least to provide (not donate, as I would like to be involved) the
hardware. I expect the final cost will be somewhat higher.
<and there will be far too many security and accountability
implications. I'm too busy to deal with this right now, plenty far more
important things to do.>
You're already stretching too thin Warren. :-)
What I originally thought was a very small "pilot" project, with a very
limited number of permission-only thin/thick clients, to basically study
the feasibility (security, acceptance, speed, etc.) and determine an
optimum hardware setup (cost and reliability) on the client side.