From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 13:37:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CDFC1065671 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:37:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F3DF38FC1B for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:37:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from subhro.kar@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id j4so1084205wah.3 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:37:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OqUa1rEv/TOa+/o9F6Pxb0fh2GqYFW/4+5fvTzlpwl0=; b=rO2KeN14IquLa+FwwRqjWZnNx/T0yujOBX6GkN7AVxnZ3MqmwYbdYwF+YAGFwfGhA/ z/CugCiTyJbOFQSKwJ+cR9gLrbesuKlg+dG6QhU9l/d23uRiUpdU00Qm53vJVhzZ2q3U 2ynx50ieJwnjtwsttShoUEoMIy14H3/cLc69A= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=TBwNr6Tpen9NHyOPvaxe3963NbLUVwZUmN6jphXUc7I5DRv7b8TcvB4xQ2JJVB1/SE SOb4rVAUDsMycK0uaNddd5RrXsgBlqMogRTnBIdxWQBlkprNuuSSc7KuI+1Da6UbfC4n fsiC1NvaVgxoWV8gBgIG6W4bDu+9S4OrCpLW0= Received: by 10.114.72.1 with SMTP id u1mr5166744waa.159.1221399468435; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:37:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.15.4 with HTTP; Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:37:48 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:07:48 +0530 From: Subhro To: "Art Vandelay" , questions@freebsd.org, misc@openbsd.org In-Reply-To: <656c2abe0809140614g1e6d56d2y3711e0a902497609@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <656c2abe0809140034s283a134w9aa5d2e60f520e99@mail.gmail.com> <656c2abe0809140614g1e6d56d2y3711e0a902497609@mail.gmail.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Being a shell provider - good business? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:37:49 -0000 Honestly speaking, I would say its easy money. Thanks Subhro On 9/14/08, Art Vandelay wrote: > On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay 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/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- 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