After the long haul of finding an alternative host we can happily report that we found that here at www.MikeMTH.de
The funding is based on the same idea we had with our previous host where banner ads will contribute to the cost of the server. This is a small price to pay for Neowins existence so I hope people will not block the ads or complain about them.
We are located on a 1.8GHz AMD XP server with 1GB of Ram, we have RedHat 7.3 installed along with PHP 4.2.3 and MySQL 3.23.52. This is the initial setup, we have been assured that if we need more ram it will be added, if we need a more powerful server this will also be taken care of within reason.
I"ll be honest with you all, I don"t know what to expect, when we go live we intend to further optimize the site and keep a close eye on things. There is talk of installing MySQL 4 but as that is in Alpha stage we are waiting to see what the best move will be for the site.
We plan to continue developing Neowin but with server being top priority right now its difficult to change or add new features until we are completly satisfied it all works.
Some of you have received an email, It"s one of almost 300 I sent to thank everyone that showed support, we appreciate it very much and to all the people that offered hosting, donations and free Ice-Cream you all rock.. and thanks Mike for coming through with this server. You rock too.
Thanks Everyone!