Re: [Gnumed-devel] installing and using gnumed

[David Grant]

Something is screwy.  I just got this email from the list today, but I 
sent it on Friday.

David Grant wrote:

> 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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