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Subject: Re: ICD should maintain the CCC and not someone else on a "voluntary basis"

Author: Murano Lima

Date: 15:55:40 08/24/04

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On August 24, 2004 at 16:46:15, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On August 24, 2004 at 16:29:15, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On August 24, 2004 at 15:43:54, Steve B wrote:
>>
>>>hi all
>>>several members have posted offers to explore maintaining the CCC  on a
>>>voluntary basis..
>>>in my opinion going down this avenue would be a mistake for us all
>>>ICD is one of the finest, most professinal ,businesses i have ever dealt with
>>>compare this to someone who might get tired or lose interest in maintaining the
>>>site on a voluntary basis
>>>here one day..gone the next..poof!
>>>consider even now..Steve could have simply posted a message here that the site
>>>is now closed and it was fun...cya
>>>but he did not!
>>>he gives us all a chance to fight for what interests us
>>>i bet the folks over at ICD are the last to want to see this site go because
>>>they love computer chess just as much as we do
>>>you can bet your bottom dollar..if we pay for the site..ICD will move mountain
>>>and earth to maintain a high quality club for us all
>>>
>>>Highest Regards to the fellow members
>>>Steve
>>
>>I disagree.
>>
>>I see no reason to pay for the site if there are other people who agree to
>>support the site on voluntary basis.
>>
>>In the worst case if this site is closed it may be still possible to find later
>>people to support this site or equivalent site for money so I see no reason to
>>hurry to pay money when it is not clear if it is necessary.
>>
>>Uri
>
>I have a server that is almost completely free of users. It is:
>
>Celeron 2.4Ghz
>120 gig drive
>1 gig ram
>1.2tb bandwidth/month
>Red Hat 9 installed
>Apache 1.3.9 (more secure and less hassles than version 2)
>PHP 5 installed
>
>It currently hosts the Crafty website, and one other site that will be done at
>the end of the month. After that the Crafty site will be the only site on the
>box.
>
>I recently helped mirror Rad Tweaker (tweaking utility for Radeon based video
>cards), and the server was pummeled for days on end, yet it never once slowed
>the Crafty site down.
>
>I would be more than willing to host this board, or something similiar.
>
>Peter

Hi Peter,
that sounds like excellent news, many thanks for the offer!
(i am a absolute nobody here, but i enjoy reading here like many others do,
and so i want to express my hope that your generous offer is accepted).

Murano



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