Re: Repository services and budget

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@imc.org>]

At 11:49 AM -0800 1/8/97, Jeff Williams wrote:
>  Is this really necessary?  I do not think so.  Nor is it reasonable
>for a person on this list to provide that level of detail for discussion
>perposes.
>
>> >You are not going to be able to do this under a million dollars and
>> >guarantee round the clock service to the internet community. Registrars
>>
>>         Please provide a detailed budget and an explanation for the
>> functions provided by each line item.

	Yes, it is necessary.  A detailed budget produced a result that was
1/2-1/4 the estimate cited here.  If one is going to assert that a budget
needs to be 2-4 times larger, one should provide the basis for the
estimate.  In the absence of such detail, the estimate is merely a handwave.

d/


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