ANST - On-line Ansteorra : The Next Generation...

[j'lynn yeates]

On 26 Apr 99, at 11:49, Pug Bainter wrote:

> Good Morning one and all,
> 
>   It has come time for the Kingdom of Ansteorra to step forward into the
>   Electronic Age again. I am asking for all of your help in this.
....

centralization may / may not be a good things .... but i definitely vote NO at 
this time on the purchase of hardware for this cause ... 

while on the surface this seems a good idea, i have seen many instances of the 
down sides of buying, maintaining, repairing, upgrading hardware to host a web 
site  ... while it might be more convenient to maintain, it will ultimately 
cost far more than simply buying a "box" up front.   

how about a business-level long range comparison - standard three years - of 
the total costs of ownership (hardware aquisition, software aquisition, hw/sw 
upgrades, hw repairs, communications links / access equipment, utilities, 
facilities, etc ...) verses hosting the site virtually on someone elses (a 
stable, secure, commercial) site - as is the incresaing norm in the business 
world.

the web-site is after all about information and content ... it can just as well 
be maintained on a providers hardware than ours stashed in someone bedroom or 
on a providers rack ...usually at far less expense and with a much higher level 
of performance and reliability.

name of the game here is "outsourcing" folks ....

'wolf



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... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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