Re: Being a shell provider - good business?
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? You could ask the guy who is offering OpenBSD shell access at http://silenceisdefeat.org ;) Adriaan
Being a shell provider - good business?
Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/
Re: Being a shell provider - good business?
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/ I'm serious, I'm trying to get him to use his BSD servers for other purposes. Maybe webhosting. Maybe a grid to help out local universities in their supercomputing. Or just plain consulting. Isn't there any research article out there showing just how silly and profitless that whole business model is? Thanks guys, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/
Re: Being a shell provider - good business?
Honestly speaking, I would say its easy money. Thanks Subhro On 9/14/08, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/ I'm serious, I'm trying to get him to use his BSD servers for other purposes. Maybe webhosting. Maybe a grid to help out local universities in their supercomputing. Or just plain consulting. Isn't there any research article out there showing just how silly and profitless that whole business model is? Thanks guys, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Subhro Kar Software Engineer Dynamic Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd. EPY-3, Sector: V Salt Lake City 700091 India
Re: Being a shell provider - good business?
actually i agree here, running a shell server for 10 USD a head per month, is a good idea especially for your freinds who need to learn, just do the math, 100 users at 10 USD a month and guess what your making money, though its the getting users to use and abide by good usage policies is the other trick it is a great tool for universities to teach students with also On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 8:37 PM, Subhro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Honestly speaking, I would say its easy money. Thanks Subhro On 9/14/08, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/ I'm serious, I'm trying to get him to use his BSD servers for other purposes. Maybe webhosting. Maybe a grid to help out local universities in their supercomputing. Or just plain consulting. Isn't there any research article out there showing just how silly and profitless that whole business model is? Thanks guys, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Subhro Kar Software Engineer Dynamic Digital Technologies Pvt. Ltd. EPY-3, Sector: V Salt Lake City 700091 India ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Being a shell provider - good business?
The way I see it, providing the shells is relatively easy, but keeping your line free of DDoS and other niceties it brings is not worth the effort, especially if your users use IRC and bitch about every second of downtime. Suddenly $10 isn't so much, and it's a lot more than the cheap shell providers cost. Without good relations with your ISP it's not going to be easy to keep your connection at all when the users get nasty. -- Jussi Peltola
