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I write on behalf of the Waikato Linux Users Group, Incorporated (hereafter “WLUG”), to ask if your company would consider sponsoring the WLUG by providing a server for our use.
WLUG is an incorporated society that provides support and advocacy for Linux and Open Source software, centred in the Waikato region. We have a formal membership of approximately 50 people; however, our meetings, events and resources are open to all and serve a much larger community, both locally and on the Internet. We have approximately 12 public meetings a year, run an installfest for new Linux users, and provide general support and discussion through a mailing list.
-By far our most popular and interesting offering is our public Wiki website, at http://www.wlug.org.nz/. Founded in June 2002, the wiki contains over N
,000 pages of information, representing thousands of hours of work and knowledge dumping
by hundreds of editors worldwide. The wiki is the largest Linux-related website in New Zealand, and acts as both the website for the WLUG itself, and a knowledge base for other groups to contribute to by way of the New Zealand Linux Users Group (http://wiki.linux.net.nz/).
+By far our most popular and interesting offering is our public Wiki website, at http://www.wlug.org.nz/. Founded in June 2002, the wiki contains nearly 8
,000 pages of information, representing thousands of hours of work and knowledge contributed
by hundreds of editors worldwide. The wiki is the largest Linux-related website in New Zealand, and acts as both the website for the WLUG itself, and a knowledge base for other groups to contribute to by way of the New Zealand Linux Users Group (http://wiki.linux.net.nz/).
All new content on the Wiki, and most historical content, is made freely available to the world under a Creative Commons license. Several articles on the wiki are considered authoritative on their subject. Documentation on the wiki is of a world-class standard, and is highly ranked by search engines such as Google. The website now averages one million hits per month[1] .
The server that currently hosts our wiki is composed of many second hand parts which were donated by WLUG members and average over five years in age. (The server is a Dual Celeron 400 MHz, 256 MB RAM and a 20 GB hard drive). Unfortunately, parts are starting to fail, and the machine is becoming unreliable. The unreliability of this hardware and the performance constraints of the server are preventing us from improving our service by upgrading to the newer versions of software.
