[okfn-help] [okfn-discuss] Most "open" way of registering a domain/get a hosting?

Wed Jan 11 02:18:53 UTC 2012

Hey guys,

thanks for the responses.
I have been away myself so that's why I respond just now.

Someone else I trust also recommended gandi, and that's where I bought my
domain.
VPS at gandi looked a bit too expensive for me right now, my hosting is at
webfactional.com

Thanks for all suggestions!

fabio

2012/1/4 Nils Toedtmann <nils.toedtmann at okfn.org>

> On 01/04/2012 01:49 PM, Hanssens Bart wrote:
>
>> Not sure if it is wat you are looking for, but maybe Gandi.net is worth
>> considering.
>>
>> They support creative commons, the EFF  and some open source projects.
>>
>> http://www.gandi.net/supports/
>>
>
> At OKF we recently changed to Gandi.net as our domain registrar. One
> reason was that they are very friendly to 'Open' projects. So far, our
> experiences are good.
>
>
> Your question about hosting is too unspecific. Recommendations would
> depend on your needs: Are you looking for shared webhosting or virtual
> machines or bare metal? Are you talking 1, 10 or 100 machines? Should they
> be managed? Do you need a cloud API? How much performance is needed? Is low
> cost more important than good support?
>
> That said, some observations:
>
>  * When it comes to bare metal, hetzner.de is very cheap, has a good
> infrastructure and OKish support. Many OSS projects live there. Unbeatable
> if you are willing to setup virtualisation hosts yourself.
>
>  * RackSpace has very good support (compared to other hosters), and are
> the main driver behind the OSS cloud project OpenStack.org
>
>  * Gandi, known to be friendly to "open" projects, recently started to
> offer hosting as well. I have no experience with that yet.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> /nils.
>
>
>  From: okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.**okfn.org<okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org>[
>> okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.**okfn.org<okfn-discuss-bounces at lists.okfn.org>]
>> On Behalf Of Laura Newman [laura.newman at okfn.org]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 1:29 PM
>> To: Fabio Barone
>> Cc: info at okfn.org; OKFN Help; Open Knowledge Foundation discussion list
>> Subject: Re: [okfn-discuss] Most "open" way of registering a domain/get a
>>       hosting?
>>
>> Dear Fabio,
>>
>> Thanks very much for your email. Firstly, apologies for the delayed reply
>> - a lot of people have been away over the Christmas break.
>>
>> I have circulated your query to our discussion and help lists. Perhaps
>> some people there may have good suggestions for the most open way to
>> register a domain name or may be able to recommend specific hosting
>> providers.
>>
>> In the meantime, thanks for getting in touch and Happy New Year!
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Laura
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 8:10 PM, Fabio Barone<holon.earth at gmail.com<**
>> mailto:holon.earth at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>> Hi OKFN
>>
>> first congrats for the great work.
>> I visited the OKCon in Berlin 2011, and loved it.
>>
>> I have a question:
>> What is in your opinion the most "open" way to get a domain name
>> registered, meaning which registrars offer options which are most akin
>> our "open" way of thinking?
>>
>> Are there also any hosting providers which can be recommended?
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>> fabio
>>
>>
>>
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