Yet another possibility would be for Hans to build in some 'profit' (I know
an ugly word) into the CD to be used to defray the mirror webspace.
Jim Couch
Acer V wrote:
> another option--albiet somewhat far fetched but practical nonetheless--is
> that each listie volunteers up, say, US$5 dollars (or equivalent or
> something like that), sends to the "eSIF fund, c/o Hans", and you can buy
> the needed webspace to host a mirror that can handle that much data and
> bandwidth. i recall the list did something similar for Gary Reese by
> contributing to his film fund so he could test lenses. with so many
> listies, even a small amount per person per year would most likely cover
> any costs incurred in hosting. after all, we DO use the eSIF, don't we?
>
> any other ideas/opinions? (other than "go easy on the downloads")
>
> /Acer V
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