On Dec 5, 2007 2:00 PM, mike.lifeguard mike.lifeguard@gmail.com wrote:
At this point, anyone who asks can probably be considered "established" (and I'm not kidding) But yes, this could be very useful, if only for email aliasing and the IRC client. I also like the idea of hosting WB-specific tools, though I don't think we currently have any. How would this be paid for, though? -Mike
The issue of pay is a tricky one. Veropedia uses some advertising to offset the cost of hosting, mostly unobtrusive book links from Amazon. I think we could go a similar route, using advertisements from Amazon or Google to try and offset costs a little. We certainly wouldn't want any crazy flashing banner ads or anything. A small hosting package, with a basic HTML-based site, some blog software, and email aliasing would not cost too much to operate. I would need to get some quotes, and I would also like to see if there were ways we could get hosting donated. We could use a free site such as google pages or geocities or something to start.
--Andrew Whitworth