[maemo-community] TMO forums donated to Hildon Foundation

[From: Arie Mark]

Aren't you the Admin of meego.com too Reggie? So wouldn't we be asking you?

On Dec 13, 2012, at 1:27 PM, Reggie Suplido <reggie at internettablettalk.com> wrote:

> I know it's tempting due to the price but I would stay away from
> virtual. You wouldn't know how many virtual sites/forums are running
> on the same server that can affect the speed of the forum, and at the
> same time how the forum can hog the other virtual sites in the same
> server.
> 
> You can probably find a dedicated or cloud server for under
> $200/month, with no long term contract. It might be also be a good
> idea to ask around. Some members/organizations might have a dedicated
> server that they don't use that much -- or maybe ask meego.com
> (Intel/Nokia, Intel mostly) if they would allow maemo.org/HF to run
> for a few months in their servers in OSU for free or a fee.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
> <ivgalvez at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi Reggie,
>> 
>> We are just starting to consider options, so if you have any advice or
>> suggestion that would be highly appreciate.
>> 
>> For sure that it must be much cheaper than the current solution, but I'm not
>> sure about the convenience of having a dedicated or virtual server.
>> 
>> In one hand a dedicated server would be a better long term solution, but if
>> we need to move the forums to a different place in a near future, it might
>> be better to have it virtualised.
>> 
>> Again, any thoughts are welcome.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> 2012/12/13 Reggie Suplido <reggie at internettablettalk.com>
>>> 
>>> Ivan,
>>> 
>>> Can you define "any other hosting provider"? Which providers are you
>>> currently looking at, if you don't mind asking. You are looking at a
>>> dedicated server, right?
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Iván Gálvez Junquera
>>> <ivgalvez at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi Reggie,
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, the servers that Nokia has offered to be donated are not available
>>>> and
>>>> the migration of other parts of Maemo infrastructure is dependant on
>>>> Nemein's support.
>>>> 
>>>> So the option that is under discussion is to migrate the forums to any
>>>> other
>>>> hosting provider that we could afford at this moment.
>>>> 
>>>> As per today, we don't have yet a new designated administrator for TMO,
>>>> either volunteer or paid.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 2012/12/13 Reggie Suplido <reggie at internettablettalk.com>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Rob,
>>>>> 
>>>>> Where will the forum be hosted at? Are these the Nokia donated
>>>>> servers? I had the impression that the new servers won't get setup in
>>>>> time that's why I brought up the forum down time, and nothing in that
>>>>> announcement mentioned about down time.
>>>>> 
>>>>> You know I won't provide personal emails but you are free to PM them
>>>>> directly. Here's the list of admins, moderators, super moderators, and
>>>>> spam moderators: http://talk.maemo.org/showgroups.php
>>>>> 
>>>>> Btw, who will be the new forum admin?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Reggie
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 10:13 AM, robert bauer <nybauer at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Hi Reggie,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> There was this - or did you mean some other kind of announcement?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=88234
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> We have already raised more than enough money for the Vbulletin
>>>>>> license
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> for the hosting.  Obviously, we have to install and configure, but is
>>>>>> there
>>>>>> some reason you see we can't get this done by Dec. 31?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do you have a list of the email address for the current tmo
>>>>>> moderators?
>>>>>> We
>>>>>> might contact them and ask them to reaffirm their willingness to
>>>>>> continue
>>>>>> moderating.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Rob
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Reggie Suplido
>>>>>> <reggie at internettablettalk.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I haven't seen an announcement yet, but after Dec 31, TMO will most
>>>>>>> probably be down until it gets moved to a new server. Perhaps this
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> a good break for everyone from the forums. ;)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Happy Holidays.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
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