Call for input v2: Co-op VPS survey

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@calummackervoy

I’m a bit out of my depth, the main difference between this and a single co-operative attempting this is to benefit from pooling resources and economies of scale?

In which case, have yous considered that we might approach Ouvaton and other co-operatives to ask them if they want in? I suppose that involving more co-operatives means that the membership is bigger and harder to manage, but that it would benefit more from economies of scale. I suppose that not involving other co-operatives now doesn’t mean that we can’t scale up later

Yes, basically this – word is that it can be hard for coöps to raise all the cash necessary for hardware, hosting, and putting automation in place when we’re operating individually.

Ouvaton looks super-interesting (and amazing that they’re so long-running ); if I’m understanding right, they might indeed want to be a collaborator / service user / customer, using this coöp hardware as the VPS provider behind their service in a similar way to what @jdaviescoates is talking about, and like Autonomic is interested in this service as a basis for Co-op Cloud.