[Info-vax] openvms.org/openvmsnews.com

[Hans Bachner]

Ian Miller schrieb am 20.05.2019 um 13:20:
> On Monday, May 20, 2019 at 2:52:58 AM UTC+1, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2019-05-17, Ian Miller <gxys at uk2.net> wrote:
>>> openvms.org/openvmsnews.com was most recently hosted by that nice Mr. Turner at Island Computers [ buy your hardware at https://www.islandco.com/ :-) ]
>>>
>>> There was a problem and its all gone now.
>>>
>>> So, before I bother trying to sort out a replacement, would anyone read a OpenVMS news website? I know I've been less active in posting news in recent years but I could keep going on a new site or I could stop now and you can all look at vmssoftware.com instead.
>>>
>>
>> If you don't want to continue with the domains, have you considered
>> transferring them to someone else so the domains do not get taken over ?
>>
>> It looks like openvms.org expires in a couple of months and IMHO,
>> openvms.org would be a good domain name for VSI to own.
>>
>> Simon.
>>
>> --
>> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP
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>
> I don't own openvms.org and have not heard from the owner for quite a long time. OpenVMSnews.com used to go to a site hosted by Island Computers but that broke and now is (temporarily?) redirected to vmssoftware.com
>
> A new site hosted by Island Computers is a possibility and could be called OpenVMSNews.com
>
> I was asking to see if there was any interest in a VMS news site separate from VSI.

I believe that a community website should be kept separate from the 
company website of the OpenVMS owner/developer to ensure unfiltered 
discussion of maybe controversial topics. While I don't see any danger 
of censorship at this time, from VSI, things might change in the future 
and the community should be kept independent of these changes.

Of course it would be nice to keep openvms.org active (who actually owns 
it? Is it still Ken Farmer?), but OpenVMSnews.com (.org?) is also ok.

I would also welcome if de.openvms.org would be kept alive.

Hans.