Re: AVI, AVI the server is down... the news server member AIOE?

Franz_aRTiglio wrote:
> 
> William Stickers ha usato la sua tastiera per scrivere :
> > Tony wrote:
> >> 
> >> Marco Moock wrote:
> >>> Am 03.02.2023 um 17:29:34 Uhr schrieb Tony:
> >>> 
> >>>> Usenet is still alive and well and everyone is coming back to Usenet
> >>>> I've heard. Usenet is the wave of the future.
> >>> 
> >>>  From where do you have that information?
> >>> 
> >> 
> >>  From about 25 years ago AVI was the guy who ran the AIOE server.
> >
> > I think you may have that a bit wrong.
> > I remember his server being readnews.com.
> > <https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/readnews-com>
> >
> > AFAIK no one but Paolo runs/ran AIOE.
> 
> Correct: we and other guys "supported" him in pre-covid era against
> some delusional who was targeting the server (ddos, hate capaigns and
> such), but as a true gentlemen he always refused any financial support
> we wondered to chip in.  ***
> 
> he, for what he stated/wrote is a lawyer/employee in law firm.
> 
> he, for what I understood, refused to "share" any possible
> consequence in running the server (our national regulation on the
> subject is kinda blurry with lots of grey areas because of limited
> competence of lawmakers).
> 
> he, being the one and only, is the owner and only who will decide
> what/who/where and why, (eventual) consequences included.
> 
> In short, for what I've understood, and let me underline this is my
> understanding of the matter based on the informations I got, HE is the
> one and only AIOE, no other people involved.
> 
> 
> *** we wondered pitch in to support him switcing from a "obsolete mid
> tower running in his basement" to a "proper" hosted in a server farm.

Thanks for clearing that up.
And thank you for doing your best to post in English, 
which is probably a lot better than any English speaker 
that is posting here's Italian.