ANST - Second-Guessing

[Galen W. Bevel]

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Galen K.


-----Original Message-----
From: Galen W. Bevel <galenbv at ix.netcom.com>
To: ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG <ansteorra at Ansteorra.ORG>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: ANST - Second-Guessing


> I've got the same reservations -- my take is that owning the server is OK
>*so long as we allot a budget into the future to handle growth*.  I
>personally wouldn't try to
>>establish nor set up the server myself because there are *way* too many
>problems with keeping it running - more power to Pug for being willing to
>take it on.
>>
>>Wæs Þu Hæl (Waes Thu Hael)
>>
>>::GUNNORA::
>>
>>Baroness Gunnora Hallakarva, OL
>
>
>
>Let me play a little devils advocate here and look at this in another way.
>There is a debate right now, even among those who agree with buying the
>server, whether or not to budget for it from Kingdom funds, or to ask for
>donations.  Many arguing for using Kingdom funds do so from the point of
>view that it is "not good" to have too many funds sitting in the bank
>waiting for future use in emergencies or whatever (their argument, I am
just
>reporting).  If we budget money now to be held for use in the case of
>"future growth", I suppose the same argument could be made about those
>funds.  In usual business circumstances, those funds needed for maintenance
>and operation would be in the budget for the year in which they would be
>used.  But...all of that aside, what would happen if we _didn't_ budget
such
>things?  Lets say we just bought the server for $2000.00 and then let it
go,
>strictly with Pug's care to keep it running.  How long could we count on
it?
>Would it be safe to say, barring disasters, a year? Would there be
>significant costs/effort involved in dropping the server if we could no
>longer maintain it?  If not, then we get a year of server use for $2000.00,
>what would that same service cost if outsourced?  Answer that question, and
>you know whether buying the server would be worthwhile.  Basically, if the
>extreme worst case (but still within the realms of planning) scenario still
>provides value, then the deal is a good one.  I trust Pug and those with
>greater experience in the area than I have to make that judgement call.
>
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