[p2p-research] VERY urgent request for Ning

[Michel Bauwens]

I haven't seen the message of josef, which must be on another thread or a
private message?,

Sepp and Josef: is that something you could confer on, on how to best
replace Ning?

Michel

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> Josef, thanks for offer of Drupalgardens. I'll leave it up to Michel to
> decide.
>
> Patrick, I've got a friend with whom I have already figured out how to
> create clouds across internet. "Cloud" is accomplished in this case
> with Eucalyptus, and requires newer hardware (a box typically costing
> around US 250-300) and sound configuration.
>
> Storage could be done with both newer and older hardware clusters, we
> believe.
>
> I think we could get away with 3-5 participants. I have a good box,
> and currently a good connection. My friend Keith would contribute a
> server too, I believe. Anyone else?
>
> Anyone have thoughts on logistics of this?
>
> Patrick, I'd leave it up to you to take the lead on figuring out how
> to share the physical sources, only because I have such limited time
> to engage on that. But I'd trust your guidance there as I know you
> have more than a little thought into this.
>
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 9:20 AM, Patrick Anderson <agnucius at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>  > Samuel Rose wrote:
> >> We can use ELGG as an alternative. It's just as nice as Ning. I'd be
> >> glad to set it up... (GNU is looking at using it for GNUSocial right
> >> now, too)
> >
> > Sam, are you saying you will pay the hosting costs yourself?
> >
> > That's fine at first, for small groups and little storage, but of
> > course won't scale very far.
> >
> > This is a great opportunity for us to begin trying to tackle the
> > complexities of co-ownership.
> >
> > Once we understand how to share the Physical Sources required for
> > software, we can get serious about hosting email, video, applications
> > (SaaS), and even Operating Systems (cloud).
> >
> > And once we understand how to share computer resources, we can use the
> > same findings to begin sharing the far more important Sources of our
> > Food and Shelter.
> >
> > Patrick
> >
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