[theforum] Results Discussion (was Re: Results (was Re: RFV: ServerMatrix Hosting for l.e.o))

Dean Mah dmah at shaw.ca
Wed Jun 9 12:09:11 CDT 2004


On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 05:19:32PM +0100, William Anderson wrote:
> Dean Mah wrote:
> >[snip]
> >
> >Anyway, I'd suggest going with the $49/month box now and giving .jeff
> >$49/month for w.e.o hosting.  Then find a CMS that will meet our
> >needs, grab another $49/month box and install it there.  (There was
> >some talk on sysadmin about dual hosting everything.)  This lets us
> >spend $100/month (forgive the math), get two boxes, and gives us a
> >plan for the future.
> 
> Sorry, to me this sounds pointless - why not get the $99/mo box now and 
> contribute $49/mo to .jeff for a few months until we get ourselves in 
> order? This slightly reduced buffer time of cash available will help 
>  motivate us to ensure we have some form of donation and/or other revenue in 
> place to pay for years 2, 3, 4, etc.
> 
> I really think buying cheap now is a bad move, as the votes have shown. 
> Anyone could have retracted or altered their vote after Jeff's comments, 
> no-one did.  Let's do the $99/mo thang, and sort Jeff out with some 
> contributory costs too.

I'd say go for the cheap way so that we could get two cheap boxes so
that we can do dual hosting later.  There's nothing to support the
idea that we will have enough money to buy a $99 and a $49 later.

Of course, as long as the vote stands, it's a moot point.  The
$99/month option was chosen.

Dean


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