03-29-2009, 10:40 PM
I'm also making a donation to get us through till the start of the summer. It's too bad it takes a crisis to get people to donate, but better late than never!
Anyway, I e-mailed Keiko to ask him the reason for the rate hike. Here's what he had to say:
"The server that you're on costs me around $150/month to run. Now, you're not the only ones on there, so I don't expect you to pay for that, but your site does use a great deal of the capacity of that server.
In the past, I was prepared to make up the difference out of my own pocket.
I just lost my job, and cannot afford to that anymore, so the money has to come from somewhere...
Thanks for your understanding.
Keiko"
So there you have it. He got sacked/laid off and was covering half the cost for it. If you had any ire toward him, redirect it elsewhere since he's a nice guy who's done a lot to help us out and just financially can't afford to anymore. Just keeping you guys posted.
Anyway, I e-mailed Keiko to ask him the reason for the rate hike. Here's what he had to say:
"The server that you're on costs me around $150/month to run. Now, you're not the only ones on there, so I don't expect you to pay for that, but your site does use a great deal of the capacity of that server.
In the past, I was prepared to make up the difference out of my own pocket.
I just lost my job, and cannot afford to that anymore, so the money has to come from somewhere...
Thanks for your understanding.
Keiko"
So there you have it. He got sacked/laid off and was covering half the cost for it. If you had any ire toward him, redirect it elsewhere since he's a nice guy who's done a lot to help us out and just financially can't afford to anymore. Just keeping you guys posted.
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