Re: [us-marketing] Re: NA DVD - Americas DVD proposal

On 02/25/2011 11:28 AM, Jeff Chimene wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:30 AM, webmaster for Kracked Press Productions<
> webmaster@krackedpress.com>  wrote:
>
> > On 02/24/2011 09:20 PM, Jeff Chimene wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 6:25 PM, Marc Paré<marc@marcpare.com>   wrote:
> > >
> > >   Le 2011-02-24 16:26, Jeff Chimene a écrit :
> > > >   Hi Marc:
> > > > > As I mentioned with Tim: Rackspace will be at SCALE. I can approach them
> > > > > about donating making a CloudFiles  donation. I'm sure there will be
> > > > > other
> > > > > hosting services.
> > > > >
> > > > > SCALE runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Friday is a setup day for
> > > > > exhibitors.
> > > > > So, if you can get an answer from TDF re: hosting, I won't pursue this
> > > > > option during the expo.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers,
> > > > > jec
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >   Hi Jeff:
> > > > Thanks for the help. Unless we hear otherwise, I would imagine that the
> > > > SC
> > > > would have to discuss this at a meeting to approve it. There would
> > > > obviously
> > > > be a delay of time.
> > > >
> > > > The ideal would be for the TDF to recognize officially the DVD project
> > > > and
> > > > then find space for the project on the TDF server(s) for the ISO.
> > > >
> > > > Maybe you could still speak to Rackspace about this just in case there is
> > > > a
> > > > problem with the space on the server, although, I imagine, that there
> > > > would
> > > > be sufficient funds to purchase an additional server on the TDF side if
> > > > there was not enough space.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > >
> > > > Marc
> > > Hi Marc:
> > >
> > > Based on your response, let's try this: how about a six month commitment
> > > from a hosting organization? I'm guessing it will be at least that long
> > > before we get a go/no-go from TDF. If the goal is to get these images
> > > hosted
> > > on a TDF server, I want to be as up-front about that as possible.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to avoid implementing a distribution system in which these
> > > images
> > > wander about the net like hobos, forced to strike camp after exceeding
> > > some
> > > hosting quota. I realize it's simply a matter of updating a link on a
> > > central web page, but allowing such links to grow stale is something to be
> > > avoided, yes? The current situation (from Tim) is that his hosting service
> > > is targeted towards non-commercial usage, and Daniel is concerned about
> > > bandwidth.
> > >
> > > I think Drew is traveling today. I haven't heard from him in this
> > > discussion. I expect that tomorrow we'll want to setup the SCALE booth and
> > > he'll have some ideas on this too.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > jec
> > Please make sure you ask if you can host a 3.6 - 4.5 GB ISO file.
>
> Agreed. I'm sure there will be no problem w/ the size or bandwidth.
>
>
> >   GoDaddy.com will not since they call that hosting a repository and it is
> > not in their rules.  I found that from their help service when I tried to
> > upload the 3.6 GB ISO file and it failed every way, every time.
>
> :(
Well, at least I can keep the demo pages and associated files online, 
since it is a web site, not a DVD ISO file.  Myself, I do not see the 
difference, but that is their rules.  I cannot host a repository of ISOs.




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