mary
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response 48 of 56:
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Jan 7 12:47 UTC 2009 |
I'm glad we're having this discussion now because hardware has a
lifespan and even if our equipment is reliable now, it won't always be
so. A big part of my perspective on this is assuming we have to make a
choice between our own hardware or virtual hardware.
These systems that are running on for-profit hardware wouldn't be there
long if service was lousy. I consider that soft data. How are we doing
in terms of use? How does fairly frequent downtown, like over the last
holiday weekend when Provide wasn't there to reboot, affect our
community? Again, soft data, but I'd think it hurts us in terms of
users.
And I'd really like to hammer home my point about privacy on Grex. I
can't speak for STeve but over the years the terrain has changed. First
off, we don't have physical control of the machine. He who has the
machine has root. Two, if one of our users, foreign or US citizen, had a
presence here and he or she was under investigation, we'd give it up.
Period. In many instances it would be illegal not to. Too, we couldn't
afford to legally fight to protect that information. At least not for
long, like past a token retainer. So we must not, in any way, pretend
we're about privacy. The best thing we could do, all around, is warn
people to be very careful what they do here with sensitive information.
Regarding hard data, you're not going to get it until you can compare
Grex on virtual to Grex at Provide. Hence, my suggestion we give it a
try. But first we need a miracle. Staff.
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tsty
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Jan 24 20:57 UTC 2009 |
wroing item .. tnx for palying .. i will *never* take notes-4-plbicatoin.
btw, my tping has been this 'good' since .. well, that was a long itme ago.
back to the posible improbvements to grex thoguhts....
i like what cross is putting forth ... any remmers comments about
his provider and unix experiments ... open newuser?
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