Wow! This whole topic is scary. I know factually Jini is still relevant in certain places. I don't want it to die, personally.
Is there an easy way for individuals (like me) to acquire the content on jini.org? Can we set up a fund or account using Paypal? This would allow us to individually contribute, as long as a trusted agent disperses funds to pay the bills. Also, can we change the wiki model to a controlled access site? Casual visitors get read-only rights. Others may apply for write-enabled accounts. I am willing to pay the bills as the trusted agent, if the group is willing to allow me. Just don't let it die. Sam On 6/25/09, Jeff Ramsdale <[email protected]> wrote: > jini.org is currently hosted at Dreamhost and is run on Mediawiki. > I'm open to whatever the community decides. It's been frustrating combating > the spammers while trying to keep jini.org as open as possible (per wiki > culture). I'd be more defensive of keeping the site if the community had > taken greater ownership of it, but a lot of the content is stuff I copied > from the previous site (like the Jini specs and all the content from Jini > Community Meetings). I'd really hate to lose the JCM stuff, in particular. > > -jeff > > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:23 AM, Rick Innis <[email protected]> wrote: > >> This is just a heads up that we have to decide if we want to >>> keep Jini.org around. The site has been around since the >>> inception of the Jini Community in 1999, and has gone through >>> a number of transformations over the years. It's current state >>> is that it is wiki-based and hosted by Dreamhost. >>> >> >> I use Dreamhost for my own hosting, and I'd be happy to add the >> jini.orgsite to that. >> >> We have an outstanding bill for $239.40 that is due by July 8th to keep >>> the site going. >>> >> >> I' also happy to chip in towards this. >> >> We can either: >>> - try to consolidate and move the content to Apache River, >>> - figure out how to fund the Jini.org site, or >>> - just let the site (and content) expire. >>> >> >> I agree with Patrick that the domain name should be kept up. I think >> migrating the useful content to the Apache River project is probably a >> good >> idea, and eventually redirecting jini.org there - it makes it clear that >> there's one source for the project. >> >> R. >> >> =========================================================================== >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] and include in the >> body >> of the message "signoff JAVASPACES-USERS". For general help, send email >> to >> [email protected] and include in the body of the message "help". >> >> To view past JAVASPACES-USERS postings, please see: >> http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/javaspaces-users.html >> > -- Sent from my mobile device Sam Chance 443-694-5293 (m) 410-694-0240 x108 (o)
