Almost two years ago, someone asked me how much it costs me to run komascript.de. As I’ve often pointed out, I don’t actually run komascript.de. The domain itself has been provided for years by Robin, who also covers the costs for the domain. komascript.de is hosted on tohserver.com. This is a private project funded by private individuals. Raymond bears the financial risk and also administers the system, which can sometimes turn into an enormous amount of work—especially when I have yet another special request or some other silly question. So komascript.de is financed and run by just a few private individuals. The amazing thing is that these people derive practically no personal benefit from komascript.de. Once a year, Raymond passes around the virtual collection jar in the hope that he won’t be left alone to cover the costs of several hundred euros. This year, he has also announced that a hardware upgrade will soon be necessary. If any of you who benefit from komascript.de would like to contribute to the costs, please feel free to contact me by email.
Incidentally, additional costs theoretically relate to the spam filter, the use of which has made it possible for users to register by providing minimal information and to post messages without explicit approval from an admin.1 We are currently using the free version, which occasionally leads to availability issues. When the service is unavailable, regular users can no longer post messages. However, the commercial solution using a high-availability network would cost us €30 per month.
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So long__ Markus
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It should be noted that this referred to the old “KOMA-Script Documentation Project.” In the new “KOMA-Script and Friends,” there is no option to log in, nor to post or comment. ↩︎