LNO

[hip]

this is in regards to sensei's goodbye .. and is basicly the same post i made for sensei's goodbye. i know this post is offtopic but i think that this has to be asked.

i have been going here for a long time and although not making much contributions i have selfishly taken much from this this site and its community

but i do have something which i really would like to know .. is who owns this site now?? and who pays for it?? and who will be in charge?? making all the decisions, i personally want this site to go on and keep it doing what you intended it to do, and helping out the newbies in the linux community ...
i don't mean to offend anyone by this post

[Strike]

internet.com has owned the site for a while now, so they pay for it and host it and all that

As far as who makes the decisions, right now I have no clue. I just know that I'm still a moderator here and plan to maintain the boards as I've done since October for as long as I can. I'm wondering when we'll hear from internet.com about the future status of LNO

[YaRness]

...more importantly, IF we will get any notice.

[FoBoT]

will it be rm -r /LNO
or whatever?
(see i am still a linuxnewbie, i don't even know how to delete a directory! :o )

[optech]

if LNO goes down, i think i might actually cry...

with sensei's permision, i might be able to 'mirror' LNO and host it from my own web-server, but i'm not sure what kind of load it will be able to handle (probably 100-250)...

just an idea...

[YaRness]

i'm sure with a user base of 17000 that we could find funding and a host, and i'd pay the 70 bucks for the domain name :D

[JALU]

I would gladly contribute financially to this community to keep it alive

[DMR]

Originally posted by optech:
<STRONG>with sensei's permision, i might be able to 'mirror' LNO and host it from my own web-server, but i'm not sure what kind of load it will be able to handle (probably 100-250)...

just an idea...</STRONG>Actually, I was just going to ask that question. This is the best Linux site (by a long shot) that I've found, and I'd hate to see all of the talent and resources here thrown to the wind if internet.com pulls a "shutdown -h now" on us. And, more importantly, where would FoBoT post all of his pictures. :confused: :D

If LNO does close, and assuming they give us some sort of notice, is there a way to keep it alive? I would certainly be willing to donate some of my time, as I think other would, if there were something I could do to help.
Any ideas?

[The Whizzard]

I just sent this letter to the CEO of internet.com To whom it may concern,

I am a member of LNO at linuxnewbie.org, which internet.com owns and operates. Myself and other members of LNO are shocked of the announcement that Sensei(the maintainer of linuxnewbie.org) was no longer employed by internet.com. We no longer know what will become of LNO. Please respond with your plans of LNO.

If internet.com has no future plans for LNO, there are members of LNO which have expressd intrest in gaining the linuxnewbie.org domain name to keep LNO the wonderful community it is. We would like to do it ourselvs if internet.com no longer has LNO in their budget. If this is the case, we need to know from internet.com what we can and can't use from the current web site and if you will release the linuxnewbie.org domain name to us.

Thank you for your time,


Brian Leggett, The Whizzard, Member of LNO
I'm hoping to get a responce of what is going on, and the future of LNO. I'll post his responce when I get it. If anyone wishes to do the same, the email addy is
here (http://www.internet.com/corporate/staff/executive.html).

[ 22 May 2001: Message edited by: The Whizzard ]

[DMR]

Brian,

Great! Let us know what comes of it, please.

[The Whizzard]

That was quicker than I expected. Brian:
Thanks for your interest in Linuxnewbie and the future of the site.

Our plans for the site are still evolving. We plan on maintaining the content portions of the site and integrate the site more fully with the other internet.com Linux sites, including Linux Today.

One thing we cannot do is just give away the linuxnewbie.org name and the Web site: we made an investment when we purchased the site, so it's not possible for us just to give away the name and the site. I did note that you're basically asking us to give them away, and as a publicly held corporation it's really not possible for us to do this.

--Kevin

--
Kevin Reichard
Executive Editor, Internet Technology and Linux/Open Source Channels
internet.com



But not exactly what I wanted to know. I'll find out if the BBS will continue. Any other suggestions?

[The Whizzard]

My responce to Kevin.
Kevin:

Thank you for your response. I knew you wouldn't just give away what you had interest for. I was throwing some ideas around if internet.com no longer had interest for linuxnewbie.org.

A few more questions, if you don't mind? Will the BBS part of linuxnewbie.org continue? Do you have someone to maintain linuxnewbie.org or the LNO BBS? Will we be able to use the NHF's or other information members have contributed on other sites?

Thanks again,

Brian

I have started a new thread on this subject.
Here is the link. (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=5&t=000262) Please go there for your input.

[ 22 May 2001: Message edited by: The Whizzard ]