Is it possible to use various free webspace sites to add up to the whole e-sif?
For example, lunarpages.com gives 50MB for free.
Larry
Jon Mitchell wrote:
> OK, here's a crazy idea from someone who knows approximately ****-all about
> the delicacies of the internet, programming, etc....
>
> I do know that with most ISP's you get a small amount of web space provided
> for free. How about we each take a "section" of the e-sif and host that
> section. One member (I suggest whoever was running it before) has a single
> page, with links to all the other individual pages.Just a thought,
>
> Jon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of GeoW
> Sent: 24 January 2002 21:50
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [OM] Olympus e-SIF is offline
>
> Garth,
>
> What can we do as list members to get it back on line. The e-SIF is by far
> the best
> information source for the OM System and we should be very concerned as a
> group
> of didicated OM lovers.... users to recover the e-SIF. I'll be willing to do
> my part if
> i'm able.
>
> GeoW
>
> > I regret to inform the Olympus Mailing List that the Olympus e-SIF,
> > hosted for 9 - 10 months now on my company's servers, is being turned
> > off.
> >
> > This unfortunate development arises because of twin classic economic
> > problems: "free riders" and "tragedy of the commons". Bandwidth usage
> > for people attempting to download the *entire* e-SIF exceeded 90-95%
> > of all available bandwidth for which my company pays. This has
> > resulted in others being unable to access the servers for their mail,
> > restricted Web access for other clients, and so forth. I was informed
> > of this problem this A.M., and immediately instructed our techs to
> > switch the e-SIF off.
> >
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