[OSM-dev] all things to all people
Sjors Provoost
sjors at sprovoost.nl
Tue Apr 22 14:42:09 BST 2008
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Erik Johansson <erjohan at math.kth.se> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 3:21 PM, SteveC <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
> > a few people hammering the export tab for data.
> ..
>
> > We should buy a new box for export and it
> > shouldn't be a priority in terms of memory, disk, uptime etc.
>
> +Funding.. If exporting data to PDF is hard on servers, put a message that says:
>
> "The exporting service costs a lot of computing time, please donate to
> OSM to pay for this
> at the moment we have spent £2000 (link to costs) and received 5 pence
> in donations".
>
> I believe there are a lot of people that want this service, and many
> of them can pay for it..
>
>
> Have a nice one / Erik
How about using BitTorrent for some potentially popular but big exports?
Sjors
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