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Re: New? LIT site.

> From hous0042@maroon.tc.umn.edu Wed Jul 10 06:19:44 1996
> 
> [...]
>
> What I need from you:
> 1) Your thoughts on this.  MANDATORY!  Even if you think this idea stinks, tell me.
>
Seems interesting to me. At least, this has a chance 
to be a "professional" site with constant maintenance
and little or no problems with the provider...
(or am I mistaken?  ;-)
There is the Ben's proposal, too, but it seems 
less "professional" in the above sense (sorry, Ben...).


>    If there is enough talk against it, I will withdraw.  I don't want there to be 
>    multiple sites with sets of people who don't talk to each other.  ugh!
> 
> 2) Your monetary help.  Requested only.  no pressure.  no special recognition either
>    way.  Judging from the size of the mailing list, I would ask $10.00 from each of 
>    you to help with start-up costs.
> 
This may scare away some of us, especially these far away...


> I hope to sell server space for 
> $2.00/Megabyte/month and to sell ads.
> 
Do you mean ads will be displayed at the LIT pages?
It has its advantages (e.g., possibility for sponsorships)
and disadvantages (e.g., labelling the site as "commercial").

-- Zenon