<div>That wouldn't be a bad idea at all, it actually sounds like a very good idea. ;-) We just need to figure out who to run it, and who will donate. :-) Also, it may be good to contact the ts-admins or toolserver-l about this first and see what their opinions are.
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/19/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brianna Laugher</b> <<a href="mailto:brianna.laugher@gmail.com">brianna.laugher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Re: the discussion about an API and external tools,<br>We have a bit of a problem in that we are using both the toolserver
<br>and the regular servers in ways they were not intended for. They are<br>both really intended for Wikimedia-internal use. If we use them for<br>external tools, Wikimedia does not directly benefit. If we were to<br>have any great success, it would likely backfire and result in the
<br>thing being shut down or restricted.<br><br>So, do you think we should (sometime in the future, not tomorrow :))<br>consider approaching a chapter or outside org to donate hardware<br>specifically for this purpose?<br>
Call it the Commons thumbcache server.<br><br>cheers<br>Brianna<br><br>--<br>They've just been waiting in a mountain for the right moment:<br><a href="http://modernthings.org/">http://modernthings.org/</a><br><br>_______________________________________________
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