Re: [PLUG] administrivia: PLUG domain names, and donation requests

[Paul <gyoza@comcast.net>]

Michael C. Toren wrote:

> As some of you already know, for the past few years Darxus and I have
> been paying for and maintaining the phillylinux.com, .net, and .org
> domain names.  [clipped]  I will stop accepting donations if a limit of $100 is reached, which is
> the approximate cost of the three domain names for two years at current
> exchange rates, plus or minus $10 or so.
>  

That is expensive.  At Go Daddy, three domain names would only cost 
$53.70 for two years.  That's about 1/2 half of the amount you're paying 
now.

Why are three domain names required?  The only name I have known is 
phillylinux.org.  Just taking the .org address and transferring it to Go 
Daddy would only cost $7.95 with a one year extension, plus $8.95 for 
the second year.  So, the cost would be reduced to $17.90 for the next 
two years.  That's about 1/5 of the current cost.  At that rate, for 
$100, you could renew the name for over 10 years!

The donation idea could still be used.
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