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

Author: Graham Banks

Date: 19:27:45 08/24/04

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On August 24, 2004 at 17:01:09, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>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
>      This is good news ... many thanks for your offer
>      which should be accepted the sooner the better.
>      Kurt


Sounds great Peter!
Graham.



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