At 8:25 AM +1000 on 11/16/99, Adrian Sutton wrote:
>> >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.
Maybe. There are some people who support free software through websites.
They might allow CGI. No names off the top of my head, though.
>
>>
>> >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.
Wow! Another Linux convert :)
>
>>
>> >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....
They did when they first came out, but the other side is using PIII's now,
not PII's. It takes a G4 to kick a PIII's a**.
