From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 4 16:26:11 2000 From owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 4 16:26:09 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from smtp04.primenet.com (smtp04.primenet.com [206.165.6.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E0FF37B400; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 16:26:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp04.primenet.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA19264; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:17:09 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr02.primenet.com(206.165.6.202) via SMTP by smtp04.primenet.com, id smtpdAAAQkailL; Mon Dec 4 17:16:44 2000 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr02.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA13022; Mon, 4 Dec 2000 17:20:31 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <200012050020.RAA13022@usr02.primenet.com> Subject: Re: installing freebsd from windows nt without using boot disks To: keichii@peorth.iteration.net Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 00:20:31 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert), chat@FreeBSD.ORG, bp@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20001203195226.A53011@peorth.iteration.net> from "Michael C . Wu" at Dec 03, 2000 07:52:26 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: tlambert@usr02.primenet.com Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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 No offense taken. FWIW: Much consulting is done at the $150/hour level in the US, particularly in Silicon Valley. You would be hard pressed to purchase a home in the Silicon Valley area, with a bedroom and yard for a kid, and in a good school district, for less than $1 million. After taxes, $150/hour comes to about $68/hour (state + federal come to ~55%). That ~14 years of work, assuming a 7% interest home loan, and your entire paycheck going to nothing but mortgage payements, with 0% property taxes, no home owner fees, and no maintenance costs (basically, it assumes both you and your wife getting about the same income for that period). Why, what does it cost for a 3 bedroom, 10 year old house in a good school district in India? Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message