Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:35:33 -0500 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: chris@redstarnetworks.net Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: realpath(3) et al Message-ID: <3F390945.8060509@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <000201c360e4$9a450390$0304a8c0@delllaptop> References: <000201c360e4$9a450390$0304a8c0@delllaptop>
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Chris Odell wrote: > > Corporations - INTERNET Companies... > > If you look at the big picture, having a O.S. that has been audited > for issues would actually be cost effective for them. Having to patch a > machine that is in service causes downtime. > > Lets see - > > Each machine takes ten (10) minutes of human work to drop into single > user mode and install new binaries/kernels > > The company has one thousand (1000) machines > > That comes to ten thousand (10000) minutes, broken down to hours - 167 > Hours > > The average admin say is making forty five (45) dollars a hour - over > $7000.00 - not including taxes paid by employer. > > So if one hundred fifty companies donated one thousand dollars (1000) > it would save them downtime, payroll, and taxes. > > Just a rough estimate and my 2 cents Unfortunately, you're assuming there are 150 companies with 1000 FreeBSD machines, that have an admin getting paid $90k/yr. I think you'd have better luck raising $50 from 3000 people to achieve that same amount of money, but still I believe it would be very hard. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Attitudes are contagious, is yours worth catching? ------------------------------------------------------------------
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