Re: Call for help : mirror NetBeans downloads ?
Wade Chandler <[email protected]>
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----- Original Message ---- > From: Jack Catchpoole <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 7:41:08 AM > Subject: [nbdiscuss] Call for help : mirror NetBeans downloads ? > > Hi all, > > Currently NetBeans is available for download only from a few servers. We'd > like to open this up and distribute NetBeans via a network of mirrors > worldwide. This should hopefully mean faster downloads for everyone, as > well as improved redundancy. > > To that end, we're looking for anyone who can contribute disk space and > bandwidth. If you own or admin a server on the open internet, and are able > to host the NetBeans bits for download there, we'd love your help! :-) > Please get in touch off-list and I can let you know more technical details. > Jack, The Apache folks could probably offer some good guidance here. Many universities mirror their downloads. Universities are good because they have bandwidth and it is usually paid for by all us tax payers and the students any ways. Do you have any contacts at the Apache project? They can most likely provide some good leads. Wade ================== Wade Chandler, CCE Software Engineer and Developer, Certified Forensic Computer Examiner, NetBeans Dream Team Member, and NetBeans Board Member http://www.certified-computer-examiner.com http://wiki.netbeans.org/wiki/view/NetBeansDreamTeam http://www.netbeans.org