rvandolson at esri
Aug 24, 2011, 11:09 AM
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Re: Hosting and branding of toasters list (was "Re: Google Groups?")
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On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 08:52:51AM -0700, Christopher B. Allison wrote:
> I read Brian's proposal as three separate arguments:
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> 1) The toasters mailing list should not be hosted on a domain which many
> people would probably associate with a political group. ("sends a
> political message")
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> 2) The toasters mailing list should not be hosted by an organization which
> is smaller in size than Google Inc. ("moving from one boutique mailing
> list hosting service to another")
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> 3) Google Inc the best choice to host the toasters mailing list. ("moving
> from one boutique mailing list hosting service to another")
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> Several people have replied to Brian's initial email with some variant of
> "Agreed". To those people I ask: To which parts (some? all?) of Brian's
> suggestion are you agreeing?
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> I'm inclined to concur with point number one. I realize that Tom has held
> registration of teaparty.net since before the onset of the current
> political movement and that (as per the disclaimer at the top of
> http://teaparty.net/) he disclaims any and all affiliation with said
> political movement - a point which it seems may have been lost on one or
> two respondents - but I agree with Brian that the domain name has the
> potential to be misinterpreted by others who (as such) might be
> disinclined to consider joining the list or who might otherwise be
> confused as to the list's purpose or tenor.
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> That being said, I do not agree with points two and three. I think it is
> lovely that toasters has moved back to its initial home on the internet
> (and thank you to the original founders, everyone who has provided hosting
> over the years, and the current host for all that you have done!), and I
> see no need to move the list to Google Groups or any other host.
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> It appears that the domain name 'toasters.net' is available for
> registration, and I would be happy to register it on Tom's behalf, if he
> is so interested. Tom?
I like the idea of registering toasters.net -- is it affordably
obtainable? Someone is probably squatting it.
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> Respectfully,
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> -Chris Allison
> --
> UNIX Systems Administrator
> College of Computer and Information Science
> Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Ray
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