Maybe Wikimedia Canada would be interested in _free_ hardware to host
"their" Wikisource.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Canada/Wikisource_Canada
If so, other chapters may be willing to help cover costs of
transportation and hosting.
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From: Mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard(a)gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Subject: [Wikimediameta-l] WMF decommissions servers
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
<foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>rg>,
wikimediameta-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, wikitech-l
<wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hello,
I wanted to let folks know that WMF is decommissioning some 35 servers,
and is willing to accept requests from users interested in using them
for Wikimedia-related purposes. If you can ship a server from Tampa to
where you are, and if you can put it to good use, please see
http://tinyurl.com/r3xhp7 and send your request in.
Many thanks to the tech team (in particular RobH - looks like he's
handling most or all of this) for reaching out to community members
first. I'm sure we can find happy homes for lots of this hardware, which
will help community members be productive in helping achieve Wikimedia's
mission.
- -Mike