On October 9th the UK Free Software Network - UKFSN.ORG - launched at
Linux Expo.
UKFSN is an Internet Service Provider with a difference - all of the
profits from the operation will be donated to fund Free Software projects
in the UK.
Each month UKFSN will release a public statement clearly showing how much
income was raised during the preceeding month and how much is cost to run
the service. The surplus will then be paid to the Association for Free
Software (http://www.affs.org.uk/) who have agreed to handle the
distribution of the money raised.
The UK Free Software Network offers all the standard services one expects
from an ISP including 0845 dialup access, email, web hosting and usenet.
These standard offerings are beefed up with the inclusion of perl, PHP and
python and MySQL support for the web hosting and extensive SPAM control
measures in the email service.
The service is not just for geeks however. As well as subscription free
Internet access and services UKFSN.ORG offers professional hosting options
for businesses and domain registration services.
Business users will especially appreciate the WorldPay payment system perl
module that has been written to support ecommerce transactions by UKFSN
hosted sites.
UKFSN is being run by Jason Clifford, the person behind Definite Linux -
the now defunct British Linux distribution.
The UKFSN website is http://www.ukfsn.org/
info(a)ukfsn.org for more information.
The Association for Free Software is a membership organisation which
promotes and defends Free Software in the UK and is an associate
organisation of the Free Software Foundation Europe.
Our neighbours in Peterborough will be meeting on Thursday evening. The
talk will be about high capacity web serving, a talk that will also be given
at Apachecon in the US later this year. Details are on
http://www.peterboro.lug.org.uk/meeting.php
I'll be travelling there along the A47 from West Norfolk. If anyone wants a
lift, email me.
MJR
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