Mirror.ac.uk to Scale Back Operations

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday May 14, 2004 @09:07PM from the no-kernels-for-you dept.

KingDaveRa writes "It would seem that the UK's Joint Information Systems Committee (www.jisc.ac.uk) have decided to withdraw funding from the www.mirror.ac.uk service. They still want to run a service, but '...perhaps on a smaller scale, and limited to the most popular mirrors. This would, however, depend upon securing sponsorship or alternative funding very quickly, and the approval of our host institutions.' This could turn out to be quite an inconvenience for the UK, as the mirror.ac.uk service has proven itself very fast and reliable."

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Re:Well, bugger. by nkh · 2004-05-14 22:10 · Score: 0, Redundant

aaaaahhhhh, JANET...
Re:Will someone tell the uk government by IceFreak2000 · 2004-05-14 22:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

Damn, why do I never have mod points when I need them? I'd give you +1 Funny for that entry if I could...

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