[oskar: Re: [Za-pm] ZA.PM Updates]

oskar at linux.org.za oskar at linux.org.za
Fri May 16 21:36:57 CDT 2003


Hi

Once again mailed from the wrong address :)

----- Forwarded message from oskar -----

> To: Nico Coetzee <nico at itfirms.co.za>
> Cc: "za.pm.org" <za-pm at mail.pm.org>
> Subject: Re: [Za-pm] ZA.PM Updates
> 
> Hi Nico
> 
> > I love squid. It works really well, except the Open Source redirectors 
> > available ( SquidGuard and DansGardian ) really suck - from an administration 
> > and practical point of view. We are evaluating several commercial 
> > alternatives at this stage - but the prices are beyond madness. Forget 
> > implimenting Internet Content Filtering in SA for under a R1 million.
> 
> Crazy stuff. I once had contact with someone at n2h2.com about 4
> years ago, btw, and I thought that the person was extremely competent.
> They were, at that stage, using a modified squid to do their stuff. I
> don't know if they are still around, or what... I can't remember why
> he contacted me now :)
> 
> > > When I'm not doing these things, I'll generally be at Seattle coffee
> > > shop or at Exclusive books, meeting friends.
> > >
> > 
> > Would that be at Cresta? That's the only Exclusive books I know of in that 
> > area. Maybe I haven't mentioned this, but I'm only about 1.5 years now in 
> > Gauteng. Used to live in Bloem - and I really mis Bloem :(
> 
> There are a few now. Mostly Sandton - friend of mine used to work
> there, but he's just moved to England. He's one of the funniest people
> I know - used to want to throw money in a hat or something whenever
> I went to see him ;)
> 
> That's the upstairs Sandton bookshop. There are 2 :)
> 
> Hm. How to keep this on topic. Oh well - It's after 4am, so I
> can't think of anything really. :)
> 
> (Busy moving things around on ftp.is.co.za - there's a disk
> upgrade tomorrow to add a few hundred gigs of space, so
> I need to ensure that it'll go smoothly.)
> 
> --
> Oskar Pearson <oskar at qualica.com>
> Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
> web: http://www.qualica.com/

----- End forwarded message -----

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Oskar Pearson <oskar at qualica.com>
Qualica Technologies (Pty) Ltd
web: http://www.qualica.com/



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