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

Le 14/03/2013 12:38, Alex Le Heux a écrit :
> Unless the sum of these is very close to zero, as a member of both the RIPE NCC and the internet community, I would like to see the Proxy Service discontinued.
>
> Perhaps I'm wrong though, perhaps there is some Great Need out there that is being fulfilled by this. If there is, please point it out to me and I'll crawl back under my rock.
At a first glance, my feeling was : close it.
But Alex is right. The real point is: how much does this service costs 
to RIPE versus what is its usefulness for the community ?

If the answer is "It has a real cost and it's interesting for a very few 
organisations only", the answer should be "Close it".
If the answer is "It really cost very few _OR_ it may have a great 
interest for a lot of organisations", the answer should be "keep it", 
may be under the umbrella of a specific contract (which again has a cost !).

Regarding the cost, only RIPE peoples can answer...

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Francis