Hi Jason,
Thank you so much for your feedback. I am sending emails to both Dennis
and Steve asking for their thoughts. If I can obtain their permission,
it should be pretty easy.
Best regards,
("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ Qingye Jiang (John)
`6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Senior Manager
(_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..- Sun Developer Network, China
_..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' Phone: +86-10-62673347
(il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' http://developers.sun.com.cn/
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Jason Zhao 写道:
> Hi, John:
>
> I really like what you did and it is really convenient for users in
> China. All could be benefit for all
> you did.
>
> Right now, a lot of 3rd party organizations also have their own IPS
> server(e.g., blastwave,sunfreeware).
> We also can find a lot of interesting tools which are used broadly.
> Could you set up a mirror for them
> in China, like what you did for (pkg.opensolaris.org)? It will greatly
> add popularity and arouse
> interest in Chinese user group. I believe.
>
> I am not sure it is legal or feasible, but only an advice.
>
> Thanks
> Jason
> James Cornell wrote:
>
>> I completely understand your reasoning. Large nations should establish
>> their own mirrors to help. This is an issue for my Australian and UK
>> buddies too. It'll soon be a problem for US citizens as cable
>> companies continue to not invest in new equipment for consumers. IDC
>> reports 44% of US citizens are using broadband internet at home,
>> around 106 million subscribers as of 2008. China in 2007 in total had
>> 200,000 more people online than the US. It's obvious that China is a
>> big consumer, they're also now the biggest polluter which we held for
>> 150 years. Regardless of what additionally has to be paid I'm sure Sun
>> would directly be out less if more people did this. "The Network is
>> the Sun", "The Sun is hosting a large chunk of the Internet", "The
>> Computer is the on there yonder, through river and across the Sun's
>> searing intertubes", or "The Sun is what broke the camel's internet
>> provider's back" (Metaphoric symbolism stating the obvious about
>> software distribution these days, Sun seems to be pushing as much as
>> Adobe in gigabytes directly)
>>
>> James
>> On Jun 26, 2008, at 5:51 AM, Qingye Jiang (John) wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Just FYI, we have setup an IPS server in China. This is a (partial)
>>> mirror of pkg.opensolaris.org. We intend to keep it in sync with
>>> pkg.opensolaris.org.
>>>
>>> The major objective of this IPS server is to solve the connectivity
>>> problem in China, especially in the Education and Research Network
>>> (CERNET), where professors and students are charged for their
>>> international traffic.
>>>
>>> The URL for the server is http://pkg.opensolaris.org:80/ (for the public
>>> network in China) and http://pkg-edu.opensolaris.org:80/ (for CERNET).
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ Qingye Jiang (John)
>>> `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) Senior Manager
>>> (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..- Sun Developer Network, China
>>> _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' Phone: +86-10-62673347
>>> (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' http://developers.sun.com.cn/
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>>> About ME: visit http://www.qyjohn.net/, http://calendar.qyjohn.net/.
>>> About US: visit http://wiki.gceclub.sun.com.cn/index.php/SDN_China .
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