I am also willing to donate. I would be happy to donate to contribute to solution #3. Let's do it right, and with a solution that let's us maximize the benefits of REBOL.
On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 8:53 PM, Nick Antonaccio <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm willing to donate some time and money - setting up a Paypal =20 > account may be good idea for this sort of thing. > > Is a dedicated server really necessary? I wonder if a shared hosting =20 > solution would work. I prepaid several Lunarpages accounts last year, =20 > and they each ended up being $4.95 per month. They've never given me =20 > any problems running REBOL on their servers. I also have several =20 > domains running on each account. They seem to be well maintained. > > - Nick > > > > Quoting Tim Johnson <[email protected]>: > > > > > 1)I have noted that despite the support expressed for moving the ML to > > my server as per my earlier offer, no decision has been expressed. > > I am making note of this because I feel that it is related to > > Giuseppe's issue with rebol.net > > > > 2)I note also Carl S's blog about degrading hosting support. > > > > 3)As to rebol.net: > > The service provider that I lease my server from charges $150 per > > month. With full and I mean *really full* support. Any number of > > domains can be hosted on it. > > This may be the solution for all 3. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > I would be happy to make a $10 per month donation - every month to > > pay for the leased server. If 14 other "reboller" would do the same, > > life would be *so* much better for this community - and for its > > Benevolent Dictator. > > Just need some dictating ..... > > MTCW > > tj > > > > * Giuseppe Chillemi <[email protected]> [091009 12:03]: > >> > >> Hello, > >> there is a problem with REBOL.net: we cannot proceed with the > translat= > ion > >> of foreing documentation and importing of articles from alla around the > >> world and then translate them because REBOL.net runs on an old CENTOS > lin= > ux. > >> This mean that the newer version of MediaWiki software cannot be used > >> because of PHP5 (needed) does not run on this machine. > >> We need an upgrade and a (some) volunteer(s). Carl has clearly stated > >> that he has not the time to work on this problem. The situation is > blocke= > d > >> since january 2008 and we are near the end of the second year. > >> > >> Scenario 1: Someone makes a backup and upgrades REBOL.net OS and > migra= > tes > >> everything to the new setup. > >> Scenario 2: Someone receives a backup ad install everything on a > Virtu= > al > >> Machine running on a virtual Machine provider. > >> > >> If nobody wants to take this task we will never port the WHOLE rebol > >> documentation project, nor we can provide translated version of the same > >> page of documentation with the simple click of the proper flag. > >> > >> It is all in your hands. > >> > >> Giuseppe Chillemi > >> REBOL2 Docbase Maintainer. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > >> lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > >> > > > > -- > > Tim > > [email protected] > > http://www.akwebsoft.com > > -- > > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to > lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. > > -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
