Hi OLliver, 2009/8/13 Oliver Tappe <zooey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On 2009-08-13 at 15:39:26 [+0200], Matt Madia <mattmadia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 09:04, Jorge G. Mare (aka >> Koki)<koki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > A choice has to be made on the service >> > provider and Haiku Inc. has to fork out the money for this to happen, >> > and I am not sure what the process is to make this happen. >> >> I'm hoping to put together some sorts of a yearly-expected budget, >> that can be displayed publicly somewhere, somehow. But I'm >> indifferent as to whether or not that should hold up the upgrade. >> >> My reasons for this is simply the expected costs increase from WF to >> the dedicated service.. roughly $300USD to $900USD -- excluding setup >> fees. > > So how shall we proceed with the dedicated server proposal? If the Haiku Inc. board approves of the transaction, I say we can go for it. > I'd be all set for going ahead with the order (excluding domain transfers, in > order to not interfere with the alpha release) and starting the basic setup > once the server is available. Good. > I would guess that we need a couple of weeks to ensure that all the different > services (and backup schemes ;-) work as expected, especially since several > people that have volunteered to help me with configuring the web services > will be busy with the alpha release, too (and I think the latter should be > our focus). Yes, there is an overlap. However, I have time to at least preconfigure my VM. > When everything is working, we can finally transfer the domain, which I think > should then belong to haiku inc. instead of an individual (the current owner > is Tyler Akidau). Good plan. Kind regards, N.