<div>I suspect I'm not the only member who would rather save money. I'm afraid I don't understand the moral dimension to purchasing web hosting. Maybe I'm missing something. </div>
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<div>Out of curiosity, is the OEM who made our hardware a coop? <br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 19, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Philip Neustrom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:philipn@gmail.com">philipn@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div class="im">> There is also the philosophical angle to consider, whether a co-op<br>> should move down one tier closer to retail and feed the for-profit<br>> world. From running all VPSes, it's only one more step to mass<br>
> purchasing a web hosting package from a commercial provider with a group<br>> discount, and so outsourcing tech support and software configuration. It<br>> would be more in keeping with the cooperative approach to move UP a<br>
> level and provide its own rackspace. This is not exactly trivial though.<br><br></div>Yeah, this is the point I was trying to make about ownership of infrastructure.<br><font color="#888888"><br>-philip<br></font>
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<div class="h5"><br>><br>> Michael<br>><br>><br>> Adam Chlipala wrote:<br>>> This discussion seems to have sputtered out. Personally, I'm thinking<br>>> of 100% VPS hosting (probably spread among multiple providers to some<br>
>> extent) as the best option for HCoop going forward. Rob Gubler<br>>> mentioned some file system/IO failures he's experienced with<br>>> virtualization. Shaun Empie said he doesn't think moving to 100% VPS is<br>
>> a good idea, but he didn't give any reasons, and he hasn't responded yet<br>>> to a query about what they are. Nathan Kennedy has been saying for a<br>>> while that we should own our own servers. Besides that, I think we've<br>
>> only seen positive opinions about the VPS option.<br>>><br>>><br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> HCoop-Discuss mailing list<br>> <a href="mailto:HCoop-Discuss@lists.hcoop.net">HCoop-Discuss@lists.hcoop.net</a><br>
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