[clue-admin] VPS Renewal

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Crawford Rainwater" <crawford.rainwater at linux-etc.com> 
To: clue-admin at cluedenver.org 
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 12:19:41 PM 
Subject: Re: [clue-admin] VPS Renewal 

----- "David L. Anselmi" <anselmi at anselmi.us> wrote: ----- 
> David L. Willson wrote: 
> > Bring on the flurry of noise and outrage! Bring on the questions! 
> > Bring on the huffing and 
> > curmudgeonliness, the inertia, and techno-troglo-snobbery! Bring on 
> > the nothing, the lack of 
> > change, and stagnation! 
> 
> First: shut up, troll. :-P 
> 

I second that. If I wanted to start fires and debates, I would do that on CLUE-Talk to be honest. Back to the topic at hand. 

> > I vote we do something different this year. And I don't even care 
> > what, just so there's a little 
> > smoke or fire somewhere... Shoot, we're a technical club, for crying 
> > out loud, we're supposed to 
> > be early adopters! 
> 
> But seriously. Could we use cloud computing for our web site? I've 
> been asked about a cloud 
> computing installfest, which I know nothing about. But if we could 
> move our site to "the cloud" I'd 
> have a reason to learn. 
> 

A VPS (virtual private server) is similar to "cloud computing". The difference is a private container that can meet those various compliancy deals versus most "clouds" that are not VPS orient cannot. 

HTH. 

--- Crawford 

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Would there be any advantage for us to go to a cloud? Other than learning how to do a cloud. I'm doubtful, but I don't know anything about them either. 
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