Count me in as someone very much interested in such a service. Even if I didn't take advantage of all of the features, it'd be wonderful to have a libre alternative to a Google or Yahoo.
One additional idea, would be to provide MediaGoblin servers as well perhaps. I'd love to be kept posted. Good luck! Michael Mehrazar [email protected] wrote: >I'm curious if people would pay for a set of services that had: > >1. clearly defined privacy policies >2. based on free software >3. developed and maintained by a trusted party (and possibly endorsed >by >respectable individuals and/or projects like the EFF, FSF, RMS, etc) > >There are some companies out there that I have wanted to like although >found >out that they were using proprietary systems and/or didn't have clear >privacy >policies defined, etc. > >The types of services I'm envisioning would include: > >you could spin up 100% free software friendly trisquel / parabola VPSs >email services /w secure web, imap, pop/smtp (managed by the entity for >ease >of use, although possibly with the ability to connect domains to it) >calendaring (integration with evolution/thunderbird/android/etc) >personal wiki (save your notes- no need to setup your own wiki) >file sharing (upload files for sharing with others) >android/replicant notes application (sync your notes with a server and >access >notes through web interface too) >storage space for backup and other uses (possibly with syncing options, >etc. >and maybe similar to drop box, making public folders, etc) >secure xmpp (https ; would need ) >easy to use and free software friendly remote desktop solutions (a >solution >as easy to use as teamviewer w free software replacement) >remote desktop environments for testing (possibly with some sort of >Network >Booting (PXE) ) >virtual private servers >voip (purchase voip phones or voip ata adapters for connecting >traditional >phones) >Network News Transfer Protocol (NNTP) server (including binary) >.onion services like email server (possibly with no-cost option to >ensure >anonymity) >many these services available through .onion >vpn services >accept anonymous bitcoin payments >search engine services (privacy / anonymity / maybe working with others > >already doing it) >possibly entertainment & news facilities (to facilitate ease of >locating >drm-free content; search engine that avoided sites that were DRM'ing >content; >probably based on user crowd-sourced data) > >and other similar services... for a monthly fee of maybe $20-$30 USD / >month. > >Obviously there would have to be limitations on things like disk space, > >bandwidth caps, etc although these would be in a clearly defined. >Possibly >done in an upgradable way. So $10 might get you a cap of 10gb bandwidth >for >instance that could be used with any of these services. $20 might get >you >100gb bandwidth, etc. > >I'm sure this type of thing would have to be rolled out slowly. The >idea >though behind it is both privacy, freedom, and the rolling of services >into >one in such a way that ensured prices could be made reasonable. > >Think of it as being the first "internet" ISP. Think AOL for the >technical >user except with services that matter.
