On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 11:39:19AM -0500, Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
(Nick Reinking
<nick(a)twoevils.org>)g>):
However, is there a reason why we couldn't have ibiblio host
the entire Wikipedia? It seems that is what Brion was asking for.
If they're willing to supply three, four (or more) servers to keep
Wikipedia running, why isn't that a good thing?
Because they aren't us. We have a specific vision, and goals to
accomplish. Even if ibiblio totally supported those same goals
now, there's no guarantee they will in the future. Ultimately,
physical ownership of the servers is our guarantee that Wikipedia's
operation will serve our vision.
Also, my experience with ibiblio is that their servers tend to
run close to capacity anyway: try downloading Gentoo Linux, for
example.
Fair enough, was just wondering. :) Still, I think it would still be a
good idea for us to use them as a read-only mirror for when the database
is down (for server maintence, database maintenence, etc.)
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Nick Reinking -- eschewing obfuscation since 1981 -- Minneapolis, MN