Re: [Gnumed-devel] installing and using gnumed

[David Grant]

James Busser wrote:

> On Mar 2, 2004, at 3:34 PM, Ian Haywood wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 08:28:44 -0800
> > James Busser <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > server --- can the client be pre-configured to include, and perhaps
> > > even default, to Karsten's (or any other preferred) public "test"
> > > server?
> >
> > I have a got the public server running on gnumed.net, user "any-doc" 
> > password
> > "any-doc". Problem is, it's unusably slow, this appears to be due to 
> > server CPU load
> > rather than bandwidth (downloading maxes out my ADSL line easily)
>
>
> Is it important enough to the project to secure an adequate server? If 
> it's a cost that would need to be borne, and if we can price out 
> something reasonable I'd contribute.
>
> The larger issue of supporting costs does make me wonder whether, and 
> when, we should organize whatever monies are gathered. It would be 
> impossible to do any responsible fundraising without a system into 
> which to direct the funds.
Yes, I think a PayPal account should be set up to accept donations via a 
link on the website, which is what what many open source projects seem 
to be doing these days.  I'm not sure if other projects assign a 
tresurer to handle the money, or what...

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