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Undertoad · 04-26-2002, 08:20 AM

I appreciate it sir. You da man. As yet though, I have no need for any payment to support this beast.

In theory the bandwidth is worth something, the electricity is worth something, and if I was hosting this somewhere like a co-location facility it would cost money. As it is, it's a lucky circumstance that I have the bandwidth to support my business.

But I suppose that, at any time, I would need to put together a system just to run the Cellar, and to support the bandwidth harder. In theory, I should pay the business for the stuff it takes to keep the system running. But my accountant wife hasn't insisted on it.

Also in theory, if people are going to "subscribe" my feeling is that they should get something for it. In the olden days the Cellar was set up like a cooperative -- everyone paid, everyone got access to email and Usenet, and everyone's pay paid for the costs with that.

OK. I'll set something up. Dammit.

04-26-2002, 08:20 AM	#2
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I appreciate it sir. You da man. As yet though, I have no need for any payment to support this beast. In theory the bandwidth is worth something, the electricity is worth something, and if I was hosting this somewhere like a co-location facility it would cost money. As it is, it's a lucky circumstance that I have the bandwidth to support my business. But I suppose that, at any time, I would need to put together a system just to run the Cellar, and to support the bandwidth harder. In theory, I should pay the business for the stuff it takes to keep the system running. But my accountant wife hasn't insisted on it. Also in theory, if people are going to "subscribe" my feeling is that they should get something for it. In the olden days the Cellar was set up like a cooperative -- everyone paid, everyone got access to email and Usenet, and everyone's pay paid for the costs with that. OK. I'll set something up. Dammit.