[Info-vax] Eisner? Down? (30 days later)

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Malcolm Dunnett wrote:
> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
>> In article <zZKdnbKkAvOX1R_UnZ2dnUVZ_jWWnZ2d at supernews.com>, Alan 
>> Frisbie <Usenet02_Remove at Flying-Disk.com> writes:
>>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't see anyone else volunteering to install T1 service and host 
>>>> Eisner!
>>> OK, I guess it is time to step up to the plate.   If it becomes
>>> necessary for DECUServe to move, I will give it a new home.
> 
>>
>> I thought about that too Alan.  I have about 20 times your bandwidth but
>> if you want the duties, you're welcome to it and I know you'd do a good
>> job too.
>>
>>
> 
> Yes, thanks Alan. I was also wrestling with whether or not to volunteer 
> to host it (easy to say after someone else has already volunteered I 
> guess).
> 
> I have lots of spare VMS capable hardware here and a 100Mbit pipe, but 
> I'm not sure what sort of bureaucracy I'd have to go through to get my 
> employer (a university) to approve it. I have to admit I've kind of 
> drifted away from Emcompassserve lately anyway(not from VMS though), so 
> I'm not personally suffering from Eisner being down.
> 
> Also, I'm in Canada and hosting it here would go against the current 
> protectionist spirit of the US Congress :-)

Ahhh!!!   But the US Congress has no jurisdiction in Canada.  Just 
ignore them!  Having their egos deflated might be good for them!