Re: Jini.org

I'm a big fan of consolidation. It helps make things easier to get into.

-bp


On Jun 25, 2009, at 6:36 AM, Alexander R. Krapf wrote:

> What are the cost details on the account? Codemesh would definitely  
> chip in if
> people thought there was a benefit to keeping it alive.  I could see  
> different
> opinions on it though.  Maybe it would be better to consolidate  
> under the River
> name.  Maybe keeping Jini.org up is a temporary fix while content is  
> migrated
> over.
>
> Alex
>
>
>>> This is just a heads up that we have to decide if we want to
>>> keep Jini.org around.  The site has been around since the
>>> inception of the Jini Community in 1999, and has gone through
>>> a number of transformations over the years.  It's current state
>>> is that it is wiki-based and hosted by Dreamhost.  We have an
>>> outstanding bill for $239.40 that is due by July 8th to keep
>>> the site going.
>
>>> In the past Sun has solely funded the site -- I'm assuming that's
>>> not going to be the case going forward.
>
>>> We can either:
>>>   - try to consolidate and move the content to Apache River,
>>>   - figure out how to fund the Jini.org site, or
>>>   - just let the site (and content) expire.
>
>>> Thoughts?
>
>>> thanks -Jim
>
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