> >Alain: Let's move on now to the technical stuff:
> >
> >The UFP web server is decreasing in value every day.
>
> Enough free webservers out there that if we can't manage to get enough in
> donations, we can use one.
Adrian: We could, but it is a last resort. It also rules out CGIs.
>
> >It will eventually have to be replaced. Software had
> >to be upgraded and maintained on a continuous basis.
>
> Apache, Linux: Total cost $0. Even a 486 can saturate a T1; don't worry
> about it.
Adrian: This is now what I'm running 98% of the time on my G3 300Mhz. It is good,
it definitely floods my 10Mb connection.
>
> >My free Internet priviledges are going to expire soon.
>
> Ouch... high-speed connections do cost money.
Adrian: If people could come up with benefits for my university, I *may* be able
to convince them to support the project. While this isn't needed yet I'm going to
be here for at least 2 more years and quite possibly more. We'd also need to
start convincing people to support us now before we need to so that we have the
support we need. It's something worth considering anyway.
> Never stopped Linux. I'd rather win on technical superiority than on
> marketing, like a certain large company which shall remain nameless... and,
> for that matter, certain multicolored computers.
Adrian: Well, those multicoloured computers generally whip the pants off of most
other computers out there....
> >Alain: What's silly about about raising a couple of
> >thousand dollars? It doesn't have to
> >business-oriented, nor do we necessarily have to have
> >a product in order to raise some money. The HyperCard
> >List pulled it off so that they could place an add to
> >Save HyperCard.
>
> A: There was a product -- HyperCard.
> B: The people on that list use it, and make money off it. They have a good
> reason to support it.
> C: The HC list is _much_ bigger. We're a little Hotweels toy, and they're a
> Canyonero ("12 yard long, tow lanes wide, sixty-five tons of
> American pride...").
Yes, I'm pretty sure we're not going to be able to raise a couple of thousand
dollars anytime soon. If we could in future it would be because of corporate
sponsorship which we're not going to get until OpenKard is finished and has become
quite popular.
Adrian Sutton.
