site_removal

[Susan Macchia]

Shawn Tayler <stayler at xmtservices.net> wrote:
>On Sun, 8 Oct 2006 11:27:18 -0500 (EST) Net Llama!
><netllama at linux-sxs.org> exclaimed:
>
>
>> If people want the content to remain, then it won't get removed.  The
>> big issue/concern is that there's been virtually no new submissions in
>> quite a long time, nor very many updates to pre-existing content, and
>> alot of the content is suffering from bit-rot.
>
>While I must concur with the dusty aspects of this discussion, I must say
>that the loss of the SxS site would be a great loss.  I have had cause to
>use it from time to time and have also referred  friends and colleagues to
>it.
>
>Is there an issue of hosting or costs?
>
>Shawn

I concur, on the referral part.  As far as bit rot is concerned, not everything is and it is still valuable.  I remember a while back Lonnie soliciting contributers to update their contributions (which I *finally* did).  But most if it is still VERY valuable.  As I said in another post, I have received enumerable "Thank You" emails on the flash card read stuff I contributed.  The only reason I have't been more active is (1) I have been swamped at work in a way that I wasn't a couple of years ago, (2) personal stuff has taken my time away.  Otherwise I would be VERY active, and trying new stuff as I did early on.

But even if the site is not maintained, some of the material is still relevent, where would this material go?  And, as Shawm says, is it a hosting/cost issue?