Happy New year Shad
> These values are totally bogus. You can't pick dates out of the air > without having any idea what is involved or how much labor force you have > in place. Even then this sounds like something a sales guy or product > manager would set and then try to hold a development team to. This type of > deadlines are what get crappy code released. > > I think you miss the point here. What are your suggestions to get a realistic schedule? > Currently SME Server and Contribs.org are (technically) build and run by a >> very select few. They have been doing so for the last few years resulting >> in a high levels of stability, security and availability. All in spare >> time! >> We need to respect this and learn from it, so eventually we may be able >> to move things over to less costly setups on virtual hosts hosted by a >> sponsor. >> > > This is a pretty bold statement from someone that doesn't have any idea > what things currently cost. I doubt you will get anything cheaper then you > are currently getting it. Granted you could get a setup for close to what > is currently being charged but you wouldn't have anywhere near the > facilities to host anything close to what contribs.org is currently > offering to you. > Maybe your're right that I have no idea. Then again, nobody told me where donations go and how they are spent. Neither is there a nice graphical archittectual overview of the contribs.org. I gave up asking and have to assume it is well and carefully spent and spread amongst the ones that have costs. Ciao. -HF
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