HI! all On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 8:25 AM, Baishampayan Ghose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Ubunteros, > > As some of ou may know already, we have been contemplating to move to > our own servers to host our website, wiki, forums, etc. > > Currently our hosting is sponsored by Canonical which though being > excellent imposes some limitations; we need to contact them for any > change in the system configuration etc. > > Moving to our own hosting will also let us manage our domain > (ubuntu-in.org) and thus we will be able to add new DNS entries and > the recent forum related DNS debacle won't happen. > > But moving to our own hosting facility requires money. We have zeroed > in on a VPS hosting plan provided by Gandi.Net [1] where the basic > plan is around USD 7.50 per month.
As per IRC discussion today. I have a spare account (read sparingly used) with webfaciton.com , which can be used. They provide all the services that we need. (including svn and mailing list, but I guess we are not moving it right now). I can host all the services of ubuntu-in with the above mentioned account. We also had a discussion regarding generating revenue with ads. I have no objection with ubuntu-in generating revenue. Ubuntu-in can generate revenue and continue hosting as long as you guys want to (if need be, I will sponsor a separate account). We can shift the hosting immediately, if the proposal is acceptable. As for DNS problem, I will recommend that we create an account with answerable.com . So, our effective expenditure will be about $15 per year for domain fee plus managed DNS. What you guys have to say. regards VK -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! -- ubuntu-in mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
