Much research can be done freely, before adding additional infrastructure. For example, testing if SIP and Mumble clients meet a minimum standard for ease of use? Server setup and operation can also be tried out in advance of scaling for widespread usage. - Mike
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 6:37 PM, William Waites <[email protected]> wrote: >> * [2011-07-08 18:09:01 +0200] Jonathan Gray <[email protected]> écrit: >> >> ] I think the issue is that it costs us nothing to stay with things as >> ] they are. It costs us - in your own estimation - two weeks of >> ] someone's time to look into this, let along set something up. >> >> Given OKF's budget and turnover, a little bit of overhead for >> investment in its own working infrastructure doesn't seem so >> unreasonable. > > Indeed. But depends how much. E.g. if we have to invest 2-3 days per > month to maintain something which is flakier than other things which > we can use for free then I'm not sure we can justify this - rather > than, e.g. making our code better, or encouraging more people to open > up more data. ;-) > >> ] If you have ideas about people we could contact who might be able to >> ] help us sort this out that would be very greatly appreciated! >> >> You're usually pretty good at using the propaganda channels to >> communicate about OKF... I've just sent a twitter message for you to >> get started... > > I know how to use email and a web browser, but I can't magically find > people! Nor do I know people who know about this sort of thing, other > than you. You seem to know how this stuff works - and to know people > who've done it before. Hence my asking. > > J. > >> Also if any of you see anarcat when he's in London, pick his brains >> a bit on this. >> >> -w >> -- >> William Waites <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://river.styx.org/ww/ <sip:[email protected]> >> F4B3 39BF E775 CF42 0BAB 3DF0 BE40 A6DF B06F FD45 >> > > > > -- > Jonathan Gray > > Community Coordinator > The Open Knowledge Foundation > http://blog.okfn.org > > http://twitter.com/jwyg > http://identi.ca/jwyg > > _______________________________________________ > okfn-help mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help > _______________________________________________ okfn-help mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-help
