[Ktechlab-devel] KTechLab Project Shutdown

Bryan BTaylor2032 at cfl.rr.com
Mon May 19 01:54:31 UTC 2008


Awww so sad, I wish I was smarter.

Jonathan-David SCHRODER wrote:
> yes
> please Julian
> could you say the amount money it costs to keep the project's web 
> online (and other non free aspects) for a year (hosting & domain name 
> and more) ?
>
> I would agree to donate a little for that.
>
> jonathan
>
> On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 3:19 PM, Mauricio Giovagnini 
> <maugiovagnini at yahoo.com.ar <mailto:maugiovagnini at yahoo.com.ar>> wrote:
>
>
>     Julian Bäume escribió:
>     > As of September of this year, KTechlab.org and the
>     >> associated wiki will cease to be funded my myself, and will go
>     off-line.
>     >>
>     > Ok, but could you please send a dump of the database, just to be
>     sure the wiki
>     > data won't be lost again? Please tell me, if I can give you an
>     ftp account or
>     > something similar.
>     >
>     >
>     Julian, I could afford a hosting if you wish.  I'm not with time right
>     now (also with some
>     projects but I think this project should live and that it has a
>     big future).
>     >> The SF repository will remain on-line, and I hope that someone
>     will take
>     >> over and re-establish and advance this project. While I cannot
>     remain
>     >> actively involved in the project, I will be more than willing
>     to help
>     >> anyone who feels that they can take over the project.
>     >>
>     > I don't think, I am a good maintainer. I'm just willing to hack
>     on ktechlab.
>     > Till now I didn't change my mind and I've still got plans to see
>     ktechleb
>     > based on kde4 techniques in the future. At the moment I'm
>     playing around with
>     > kde4 programming stuff and collecting some experience with all
>     that new
>     > things. As so often, there's lot of other things to do for me
>     and I'm sad to
>     > have not enough spare time to put some work into ktechlab.
>     >
>     I could help translating the wiki to spanish with José Luis Galvez
>     Lopez
>     help (he offered
>     to do that too).  I could also encourage other users to start
>     using it.
>     The first step is to move
>     them to a linux distribution.  This can be a tough point, mostly
>     due to
>     ignorance rather than
>     something else  Many of them think that linux is only for hackers, or
>     for gurus,
>     I'm trying to change that with some mini-tutorials on using Kubuntu or
>     another KDE based
>     linux distribution.
>
>
>     >> With regrets, and hoping that someone can rescue this project,
>     >>
>     > Well, I think the commutity can and will do it.
>     >
>     I'm here to help, with not much free time but with a big willing
>     to help.
>
>     Lucas and Julian, fell free to contact me in private if you wish.
>
>
>     Best Regards
>     Mauricio
>
>
>     --
>     Mauricio Giovagnini (Maunix)
>     Sitio Web: www.maunix.com.ar <http://www.maunix.com.ar>
>
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