RE: Topica going down

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On 25 Jun 2002, at 13:17, Derek Parnell wrote:

> 
> They are not talking about new *hardware* just new *facilities*. My guess is
> they are moving to a bigger (or smaller) place but keeping their old hardware.

I know, as i said "As often as they go down for "upgrades"," meaning in a 
month, they will go down for an upgrade again, and the month after that, etc.. 
So get it over with already for this month, and pre-install the new hardware, 
make it run, and then change the dns entry so the email goes to the new 
location.

Kat

> I also think this is bogus but for different reasons. A move of equipment is
> perfect Murphy's Law material and 18-24 hours seems very optimistic.
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kat [mailto:gertie at PELL.NET]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 25 June 2002 15:12
> > To: EUforum
> > Subject: Re: Topica going down
> > 
> > 
> > On 24 Jun 2002, at 23:02, Robert Craig wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Topica writes:
> > > > The Topica site will be down on Tuesday, June 25th, 
> > > > beginning at 9:00 AM Pacific Time (4:00 PM GMT) for 
> > > > approximately 18 to 24 hours. We need this time to move 
> > > > our site's hardware to new facilities.
> > 
> > That is so bogus. As often as they go down for "upgrades" , 
> > they should just 
> > install new hardware at the new site, and switch the dns 
> > entry there, then 
> > sell the old hardware on Yahoo.
> > 
> > Kat
> > 
> > 
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