On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Jean Hollis Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > As many of you know, we have had some problems with website downtime and > slow connections. Most of you don't know that Andreas, our system > administrator, has been having difficulty upgrading the site to Plone 4, > due to lack of server space and the slow, unreliable connection. Because > of these problems, we have been looking for alternative places to host > the site. Our choices are limited because most commercial hosts do not > accept Plone sites because of the resources they use. > > Andreas suggested the German association OOoDeV might host the site. > OOoDeV has now formally offered to host our website, but only if our > domain & site names do not include OOo or OpenOffice. (OOoDeV hosts The > Document Foundation/LibreOffice. I assume they are going to change their > name, too.) > > (Related info: Some weeks ago, we invited the LibreOffice docs team to > use our website. They have not accepted this offer (in part because of > the site name), but the possibility exists for them or other related > documentation groups to do so. A minor name change would make this > arrangement more attractive.) > > I propose to change the domain and site names of OOoAuthors to the more > generic ODFAuthors, where ODF = OpenDocument Format. I have already > registered the domain name to prevent anyone else from grabbing it. > > I also propose to accept the offer from OOoDeV to host the site. This > will allow Andreas and others to administer it more efficiently. > > Please respond to this note with +1 or discussion about the proposals. > Thank you. > > --Jean
What about appealing to other ODF associations? NLNet could probably assist with a fund to get a VPS/Dedicated server. Also OOo development budget could be used for this porpoise. Could this be a candidate for it? -- Alexandro Colorado OpenOffice.org Español http://es.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
