[DVDnav-discuss] [FFmpeg-devel] New Server

[compn]

On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:35:11 +0200
Michael Niedermayer <michael at niedermayer.cc> wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 07:06:02PM +0200, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
> > Hi all
> > 
> > as you all probably know FFmpeg/Mplayer/... is searching for a
> > new free server & hosting ...
> > 
> > We received the following offers for a new server and hosting.
> > If you think any of them are a bad choice then please speak now!
> > i ommited one non free offer and one unspecific offer from a
> > company who alternatively would want to finnancially sponsor us.
> > as well as at least one which would be technically insufficient
> > 
> > If i forgot some offer or theres a mistake in the list below please
> > reply and add/correct the offer ASAP!
> > 
> > I also intend to add a mention & link to the footer of the FFmpeg
> > webpage for whoever is choosen, several of the sponsors below did
> > not ask for that though.
> > If you object to that, again, please speak now.
> > 
> > I intend to accept 2 of the offers below for redundancy, again if
> > you think something else should be done, speak now!
> 
> I almost forgot replying. And i guess if i dont reply noone will feel
> authorative and reply anytime soon ...
> 
> there are only 2 options noone had a argument against.
> OVH and vlc had arguments in public,
> hetzner (virus issue & 50euro/mo, also public)
> kierans box is too weak/old to host all our services but works fine
> for trac atm
> 
> against nexcess / futurehosting.com i receved a private argument from
> a rtmpdump developer, as they are US based and hosting rtmpdump in the
> US is expected by them to be problematic.
> 
> That leaves DreamHack and the Telepoint/MediaHub offer.
> I thus accept these 2 offers
> 
> Thanks alot !
> 
> [...]
> 


yes , thanks to all who offered and thanks to dreamhack and
telepoint/mediahub especially (also Nikolay Aleksandrov for answering
my question about abuse/virus "internet police" mails).

also thanks michael for helping/doing a lot of work with the server
issues and all other devs who put in the extra hours to keep the
servers running.

-compn