RE: Contribution Challange -- MIDRANGE-NONTECH

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>And who here hasn't saved at least 40 minutes because of Midrange?

More like at least 40 *days*, in my case!

Dan Bale
IT - AS/400
Handleman Company
248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
D.Bale@Handleman.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Crothers [SMTP:Bob2@cstoneindy.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 11:58 AM
> To:   Midrange-Nontech@Midrange. Com
> Subject:      Contribution Challange
>
> I'm upping the anty to $20 per member.  Most of us make that in 40
> minutes or less anyway.  And who here hasn't saved at least 40 minutes
> because of Midrange?
>
> Using PayPal, it takes just a few clicks (if you are already a member,
> 10 minutes if you have to sign up from scratch).
>
> Bob Crothers
>
> PS:  And this is a private contribution, out of my pocket.  Has
> nothing
> to do with any corporate entity.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mi400-admin@midrange.com [mailto:mi400-admin@midrange.com]On
> Behalf Of Bale, Dan
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 10:09 AM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com; rpg400-l@midrange.com;
> Security400@midrange.com; mi400@midrange.com;
> ISN-Citizens@midrange.com; MIDRANGE-JOBS@midrange.com;
> midrange-nontech@midrange.com; midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject: [MI400] RE: *** ADMIN: Back on the air
>
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> Esteemed Ladies & Gentlemen of the midrange.com lists:
>
> In my private email posts with David, I have come to learn the
> following:
>
> * Revenues that David depends on to run midrange.com are not meeting
> current expenses and projected expenses necessary to keep midrange.com
> operating on a reliable basis.  The web site's banner advertising
> "never
> took off" and "book sales have dropped off severely".
> * By saying "operating on a reliable basis", I mean that, currently,
> these high-volume lists are running from old, long-serving hardware.
> Sooner or later (probably sooner), that hardware will have to be
> replaced.
> * It should come as no surprise to anybody that a PC hard drive could
> fail without a moment's notice.  Reliability could be vastly improved
> by
> upgrading to a RAID controller and a pair of hard drives.
> * There are approximately 900 subscribers to Midrange-L.  I didn't get
> numbers for the other lists.
>
> Therefore, WITHOUT DAVID'S KNOWLEDGE OR PERMISSION, I am asking all of
> you who have not already donated and have realized ANY benefit from
> the
> existence of these lists (don't forget the archives, the FAQs, etc.),
> to
> please consider making a donation.  $1 (ONE stinkin' little DOLLAR)
> from
> each subscriber would go a LONG way to secure a more reliable list
> server which, quite frankly, I have come to depend on in many
> circumstances.  To make a donation, please visit
> http://www.midrange.com/contributions.htm for a mailing address, or
> for
> a link to PayPal.  It is interesting to note that I basically had to
> drag this link out of David, and the link is nowhere to be found on
> the
> home page.  I think David really, REALLY has a hard time asking for
> funding help.
>
> My check for $10 is in the mail.
>
> Dan Bale
> IT - AS/400
> Handleman Company
> 248-362-4400  Ext. 4952
> D.Bale@Handleman.com
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Gibbs [SMTP:david@midrange.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:41 PM
> > To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject:      *** ADMIN: Back on the air
> >
> > Ok folks, I think we're back online.
> >
> > Here's the upshot ... boot drive on my linux system failed
> > completely.  Unforunately, there was no warning ... so I couldn't
> get
> > things transferred over before the failure happened.
> >
> > I think all the tape backup had everything that is necessary ... but
> > not
> > all the system stuff.  I ended up upgrading to redhat 7.2 in order
> to
> > get
> > things working.
> >
> > My plan is to get another 20gb hard drive and setup a mirrored set
> ...
> > so
> > that if I have another drive failure, it won't impact as much.  I'm
> > also
> > keeping everything on a single drive so it's easier to fix in the
> > future (I
> > used to put the operating system on one drive, data on another ...
> > unfortunately, this caused some headaches).
> >
> > We'll see how things go for the next few days.
> >
> > david
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