[members-discuss] [ncc-announce] [news] The Future of the RIPE Database Proxy Service

Hi,

On Sat, Mar 09, 2013 at 12:02:37AM +0000, Nick Hilliard wrote:
> I can't see a compelling reason to make it into a member-only service, and
> the existing organisations who use the service seem to gain some value from
> it, so discontinuing it probably isn't in the best interest of the RIPE
> NCC's core purpose of being a RIR.  As there are only 4 users of the
> service, there seems little point in charging.  I'd be happy to see this
> turned into a free but contract-based service.

Seconded: free but contract-based.

(I said so already when the sh*t hit the fan, but for the sake of the
archives...)

Gert Doering
        -- RIPE member, happy to subsidize this for 4 users of the service
-- 
have you enabled IPv6 on something today...?

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