From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Dec 3 17:52:17 2000 From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 3 17:52:15 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from peorth.iteration.net (peorth.iteration.net [208.190.180.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4524437B400; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 17:52:15 -0800 (PST) Received: by peorth.iteration.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 69A5D573C2; Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:52:26 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2000 19:52:26 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" To: Terry Lambert Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, bp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installing freebsd from windows nt without using boot disks Message-ID: <20001203195226.A53011@peorth.iteration.net> Reply-To: "Michael C . Wu" References: <14888.13097.187777.80105@guru.mired.org> <200012032159.OAA02961@usr05.primenet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012032159.OAA02961@usr05.primenet.com>; from tlambert@primenet.com on Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:59:42PM +0000 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5025 F691 F943 8128 48A8 5025 77CE 29C5 8FA1 2E20 X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x8FA12E20 Sender: keichii@peorth.iteration.net Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org [moved from -questions/-advocacy to -chat] On Sun, Dec 03, 2000 at 09:59:42PM +0000, Terry Lambert scribbled: | xavian anderson macpherson types: | > and UFS to write to NTFS COMPRESSED, | This is a matter of code and of someone dedicating the effort to | write it. I would go so far to say that, other than VOP_ABORT, | it is nothing more than "grunt work". The major amount of the | effort would be dealing with the log and the compression. | | If you are willing to provide the equipment and software I would | need, and willing to put up a surety bond that I will be paid | $170,000 for completing the work in no less than 3 months and | no more than 6 months, I'd be willing to do the work. If you | are willing to change that to $510,000, I will do it as a | work-for-hire, which would mean that you would keep the rights | to sell, license, or otherwise dispose of the code, since you, | not I, would be the copyright holder. Realize that other limits | may apply, since I would start with the read-only NTFS code that | is in FreeBSD today (prices go up for a wholly independent work). | My risk is that, if I do not complete the work, I do not get | paid. I'm open to negotiation on timeframe and amount, of | course, and would provide for a time-limited exclusivity for | somewhere in the middle of the two amounts. USD$170,000.00, excluding equipment, for 3-6 months of work? :) I think I can hire a couple CS phD.'s for a year to do the job. Or, for that money for a year, any committers willing to take it? :) Heck, I know an Indian cs.utexas.edu phd. candidate who is a unix/linux guru who took a USD$7/hr kernel programming job. (Yes, he was stupid and did not know the going rates for a guy like him.) Boris, How much is USD$170,000.00 in Russian Rubles? And if you do not mind, please give us a rough estimate of how much a Russian kernel hacker gets paid an year? :) USD$510,000.00 for copyright, code, and one unix-guru's 6 months' work. Hmmm, where do I sign up for the job? :) (just kidding, no hard feelings) :-D -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message