[Foundation-l] Should we offer to host citizendium?

[David Gerard]

On 12 November 2010 18:11, Chad <innocentkiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:56 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Their current problem is that they have never had to think about this
>> stuff, ever, and suddenly find themselves with no support and
>> desperately gathering cash to pay their ridiculously overpriced
>> hosting ($700/mo).

> There is no reason that site shouldn't run on a moderately
> priced VPS. I'm talking in the $100/mo range, or less, even.


Dude. We *know*. That's what Trent from RationalWiki has been saying
to them over and over - he knows what it costs to run a MediaWiki site
that size, because RW is one!

Whoever got them to sign up for $700/mo hosting and five redundant
servers did them like a dinner.


- d.