Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 18:19:38 -0500 From: madodel at ptdprolog.net Subject: [VOICENWS] INFO: support for hobbes Forwarded message from David Rocks on Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:51:17 UTC comp.os.os2.misc [Moderator note: Sending replies to the VOICE feedback address will accomplish nothing. Please post any followups to the Usenet group comp.os.os2.misc. If you don't know how to post to Usenet its time to learn how. If you don't like Usenet get over it and post something useful there like how you feel about supporting OS/2 projects. I'm personally sick of seeing all these stupid trolls ruining the comp.os.os2 groups with nothing but lies and FUD and am very happy to see some real OS/2-eCS users accomplishing something in these groups of late. The following was posted by David Rocks, maintainer of the hobbes FTP site.] My tenure at new Mexico State University is fast coming to an end. Although I have a commitment from the Unix manager here to continue supporting hobbes(he uses it to train student employees in standard server support processes) there is pressure to eliminate hobbes that will escalate when I leave, and of course, I might not be the only one leaving. Hobbes has received little external support over its 2 decades of existence at NMSU(where will OS/2 be in 2010? 2020?). I've 'detained' boxes on their way out to surplus (some may remember the 1st hobbes at NMSU was a Next system) and 'borrowed' student employee hours to support it. The total of external donations over 20 years is less than $200. Since hobbes, to most computers, is really hobbes.nmsu.edu, it really isn't practical to 'transfer' it to another location. The plan was to give lots of notice before it died so that someone could copy all the files to another server or servers, one of which would probably become the future favorite OS/2 site, or at least, most well known. Looking at the success of the OS/2 tinderbox funding model, do you think that the Amazon Honor system would be a good model to fund a longer life for hobbes? I think the university would look more kindly on hobbes if there were some revenue, and student labor is cheap. And the training value is recognised by more than a few. A few thousand a year would go a long way toward preserving hobbes at its current well known address, and maybe even upgrade it( it is currently running on an old RS/6000 550 with little space or memory and a tenency to fail). And, even though retired, any continued input from me would receive more attention if money was on the table. The university has a big network pipe(100 mb), even if heavily used, with redundant backbones. So moving it to another ISP would not only lose its well known address but possibly provide poorer access. PLEASE, restrict response to the question. Hobbes has gotten all the praise and complaint it will ever need, and you know how testy old guys can get. ---END FORWARDED MESSAGE--- -- Warpstock 2005 - Where/When? Stay tuned to http://www.warpstock.org Warpstock Europe 2005 - Where/When? Stay tuned to http://www.warpstock.net [Moderator's note: All posts are sent without guarantee to the accuracy of the content. We try to verify details and URLs but this is an entirely volunteer run list, so 100% fact checking and the quality/useability of products announced here is impossible. If you respond to this post please remove the DESPAM from the poster's email addresses. Please do not send requests for information about a specific post to the moderator unless it is an update or I sent it.] -- To unsubscribe yourself from this list, send the following message to majormajor at os2voice.org unsubscribe news end Or, visit http://www.os2voice.org/MailingLists.html If you have an announcement you would like posted to the VOICE News list, please send it to submit at os2voice.org. Please include a valid reply address and a real contact name. If you wish to comment on this post, please reply to feedback at os2voice.org