River? Do you take Paypal? That root access package sounds like a bargain! But with all the spoofs out there, it's hard to tell who is who. So I really know it's you, please send EUR 1 to my paypal account (email, below...) it will be refunded in my return payment, of course.
However... I agree with Bryan, why no progress on the Counterstrike server? Larry Pieniazek Hobby mail: Lar at Miltontrainworks dot com > -----Original Message----- > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 02:24:51 +0100 > From: River Tarnell <[email protected]> > Subject: [Toolserver-l] Toolserver paid accounts > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > hi, > > as you are no doubt aware, the Toolserver is perennially > short of money, and often cannot afford to buy > hardware/software which would greatly improve the reliability > of the service. after much internal discussion, we have > decided upon a solution to this problem, which we will be > trialling shortly: paid accounts. > > this works as follows: basic Toolserver accounts remain > free. however, the functionality of these accounts will be > limited; free users cannot use more than 64MB RAM, or 256MB > of disk space, and cannot use more than 1 CPU-hour of CPU > time per day. (this means CPU use is limited to, for > example, 1 process using 100% of a single CPU for 1 hour, per > day.) we will allow disallow some additional features for > free accounts: cron; screen; email forwarding; phpMyAdmin and > Subversion hosting. web hosting will still be available. > > because one of the main uses of the Toolserver is the > replicated Wikimedia databases, we will be allowing this even > to free users. however, each account will be limited to 25 > queries per day. this should be fine for occasional queries. > > for users who need more than these basic resources, it will > be possible to purchase additional resources. instead of > having a single "paid account" > price, we decided to allow the purchase of individual > resources. this means you can pay for only what you need. > the initial pricing structure (which is subject to change) is: > > * phpMyAdmin: EUR1/month > * cron: EUR5/month > * screen: EUR5/month > * unlimited SQL queries on *one* cluster: EUR2.50/month > * 'upgrade package' (includes phpMyAdmin, cron, screen and > unlimited queries > for all clusters): EUR15/month > > * additional 64MB of RAM: EUR5/month > * additional 256MB of disk space: EUR5/month > * one Subversion repository: EUR2.50/month > * 'upgrade plus' package (includes upgrade package, plus the > above): EUR25/month > > other features: > * premium support: EUR5/month (gives priority to your > ts-admins@ requests), as > well as telephone support (subject to fair usage limits) > * one stable server project: EUR5/month > * dedicated virtual machine (Solaris zone), including root > access: EUR10/month. > > for users who need to buy more upgrades, for example a large > amount of disk space, bulk purchase discounts will be > available; please contact ts-admins@ for details on this. > > we will wait a few weeks before implementing this change, to > give users a chance to decide what resources they need. you > can purchase your paid account in advance, and it won't take > effect until we make the change. please mail ts-admins@ for > instructions on how to pay. > > we hope this change will improve the Toolserver experience > for all users, and provide the much-needed funding we need to > continue growing. if you have any comments or suggestions > about this proposal, please discuss them on the list. > > thanks for understanding, > - river. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (HP-UX) > > iEYEARECAAYFAknSwmMACgkQIXd7fCuc5vLB0wCeOwS9yku2quSHZppVSaJML6XT > Nl8An0mRo7Gi9hOq/z2/Ebinny/4MqQg > =wJOs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l
