Daniel Mayer wrote: This sounds like a sensible idea. Ec

This is really not a wikitech-l type of question, is it? I don't personally have a firm opinion about it. 1. On the one hand, we're always having a fundraising drive in a sense. We have enough funds right now, or nearly so, to buy a 4th machine to either be used exclusively as our mail server, or to be used exclusively as our load balancer, or to be used as our 3rd webserver. Even after the new db server is installed, all three of those will be legitimate needs. (We might combine some of those functions at first, of course. But there are good arguments for separating them all as soon as we can afford it.) 2. On the other hand, Mav's argument is (perhaps) that we can maximize revenue by not having the request up there all the time, and I think there's something to that. --Jimbo

--- Fred Bauder <fredbaud(a)ctelco.net> wrote: I agree with Fred. I think it's important for people to realize right away that they can help the project financially. It also answers the question I get when I show the W to aquaintances: "Where's the catch, they can't be doing this for free." Then I usually start talking about Open Source and Free Beer and people-helping-people, and their eyes glaze over. This way, I say: "here, they are a non-profit, Send a buck." ===== Christopher Mahan chris_mahan(a)yahoo.com 818.943.1850 cell http://www.christophermahan.com/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree