[Foundation-l] Technical aspects of forking (was: 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter)

[Kim Bruning]

On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 04:52:46PM +0100, David Gerard wrote:
> On 17 September 2011 15:50, Kim Bruning <kim at bruning.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> 
> > My first instincts for de.wikipedia would be to note down
> > de.wikipedia's usage statistics, get a bunch of techies together, and
> > all go have a nice chat with say hetzner.de, to figure out roughly what
> > things will cost. You can always start a bit small and work your way
> > up.
> 
> 
> Starting small is *most definitely* the way to go. Citizendium burned
> through enough funding for *20 years* in three years by ridiculously
> overestimating their server needs.


Zigzacktly.

Rent for a decent single server these days is around Eur 100/month
(with a one-off setup fee around the same numbers)

It's probably wise to have a plan (and a little spare cash) on hand, 
should usage skyrocket, of course.

sincerely,
	Kim Bruning
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