Re: [tdf-discuss] Re: Forums... again

Simos Xenitellis wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:50 PM,<sb73542@libreofficeforum.org>  wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I am the creator of LibreOfficeForum.org. I'd just like to set a few
> > things straight.
> >
> > ...
>
> > 2. Ads. Yes, we have them. They are only Adsense text ads, I do not and
> > will never permit image ads or 3rd party sponsor ads. I think this is a
> > responsible and simple method of keeping the forum running if it gets hit
> > with more traffic. Good hosting is not cheap. I realize that some users
> > hate ads with a passion. Most of those users are already running an ad
> > blocker, so they will never see the ads anyway. And additionally, any
> > registered user can disable the ads with two checkboxes in his user
> > preferences.
>
> You probably use a dedicated host from
> http://www.softlayer.com/dedicated/(at least $119 per month)
> because
> $ host www.libreofficeforum.org
> libreofficeforum.org has address 174.121.218.38
>
> and
> $ host 174.121.218.38
> 38.218.121.174.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer
> 26.da.79ae.static.theplanet.com.
>
> and finally www.theplanet.com leads to www.softlayer.com.
>
> The same IP address that has libreofficeforum.org (174.121.218.38) hosts
> about 430 websites.
> See
> http://whois.domaintools.com/174.121.218.38
>
> Examples of websites are
> http://www.1dayacuvuemoistreviews.com/
> http://www.1luv2ya.com/
>
> I think the issue is that for a free and open-source project, it's easy to
> get fast Internet access and a good server, donated by some University or a
> company. A group of volunteers can maintain it in the beginning. Therefore,
> there is no need to go into issues such as paying from your own money for a
> server and supplementing it with ads.
>
> Simos

Have you tried?



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