<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">On 6 June 2016 at 23:48, Russell Coker </span><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><<a href="mailto:russell@coker.com.au" target="_blank">russell@coker.com.au</a>></span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> wrote:</span><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
Back to the content of the article, while there are some complaints that could<br>
be made about it (apart from the one I made) I think there is one noteworthy<br>
point. The question is asked why doesn't Linux Australia pay for hosting.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">While the article itself retains the journalistic integrity of a flock of seagulls, I do agree that the core point regarding hosting is a reasonable observation.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">It does seem strange to me that LA would rely on donated hosting when a reasonable VPS from the likes of Linode can be had for under $500/year. A cluster of machines to allow for separation of services could be had for under $1,000. These don't seem too unreasonable given the profit figures quoted in the article -- perhaps those are not accurate figures?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">If the concern is the Linux *Australia* having services hosted overseas, there are the likes of Binary Lane providing comparable hosting services in Australia. LCA sponsor Anchor Hosting is in Sydney, or Catalyst (another sponsor of LCA) have their cloud offering based in NZ.</div></div></div></div></div>