[GenABEL-dev] user support mechanism

[Yurii Aulchenko]

I am inclined to option # 3 as well

Should squat genabel.COM, NET, ORG...

Yurii

On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 11:22 AM, L.C. Karssen <l.karssen at erasmusmc.nl> wrote:
> I agree.
>
> The question is then where do we host it? There are several
> possibilities:
> 1) Get a hosting account somewhere.
> 2) Since our analysis server is accessible from the outside, I could set
> up a virtual machine there specifically for the forum (and any other
> GenABEL stuff that might come up).
> 3) Set up a virtual machine in the cloud (e.g. at Amazon).
>
> Personally I like options 2 and 3.
> Option 2 has the advantage of being free. It will take a day to set it
> up.
> Option 3 maybe the best idea. I think we need some experience with cloud
> computing anyway. Furthermore, having the hosting independent of our own
> server is better because then the forum will not be affected by
> maintenance on our server. There will be a cost to this solution,
> however. To start, though, we can try Amazon's free usage tier:
> http://aws.amazon.com/free/
>
>
> Lennart.
>
>
> On Tue, 2010-11-09 at 21:04 +0100, Yurii Aulchenko wrote:
>> summarizing the suggestions:
>>
>> Apparently the best option we have is using local phpBB forum or
>> mailing list. I would say -- phpBB. What you say?
>>
>> Yurii
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