----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gordon Joly" <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > Yeah. Would we want Microsoft IIS with SharePoint on a blade?
So long as they hadn't required WMUK to actually *use* SharePoint or IIS (ie. were aware that the first thing which would happen to the box was the OS etc would be replaced) then possibly why not? It is also, to a limited extent, value-dependent imho. eg. for a gift of something worth £100k it would be unreasonable to not say a public thankyou, indeed _any_ offer accepted should be acknowledged in order that it cannot be perceived as having been a 'secret deal'. What it should never be is something accepted *because* the giving party wants to make a big splash about it themselves, ie a 'pure (sic) PR stunt'. There are also other considerations as to source, eg. I have a couple of Dell servers I no longer use*, and would be happy to donate one to WMUK should it be considered useful. I'm sure others here are in a similar position. Isn't the question therefore *why* would one accept donations of kit: what requirement would it be meeting which cannot be met in another way. AlisonW *don't worry - I've still ten or so more in use ;-P _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
