Re: Cost of Reiser4 Repacker and Resizer

[Hans Reiser <reiser@namesys.com>]

michael chang wrote:

>>From what I've heard is that Namesys are interested in creating
>Repackers, Resizers, and Converters for Reiser4.  However, I've also
>heard the development of these could be "accelerated" with the
>assistance of some funds.
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>In particular, I want to know if there is group fundraising for these
>"features", what the quote will be for Namesys to expect to recieve
>for:
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>Resier4 Online Repacker
>Reiser4 resizer
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The above we will do (online version) for $90k, plus 5% of disk drive
hardware costs, we may have a sponsor for it.....

>ResierFS to Reiser4 Converter
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This could be done by making convertfs professional quality, I would
guess $10k.

>Optionally, I'm also looking at
>Reiser4 Windows Driver
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Windows driver will be proprietary.

>Reiser4 Repacker (Online and Offline variants)
>optionally.
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See above.

>I was wondering if Namesys is willing to give some quotes for prices
>they'd be willing to implement these features for; assuming that the
>payment is achieved through group fundraising.  [If the goals aren't
>met, at the moment, it appears the course of action will be to refund
>all group participants' monies and "cancel" the order.]
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>Methods for fundraising would also be appreciated; the only method of
>fundraising I've seen to date is "Fundable" (fundable.org) -- which
>uses Paypal (accepts USD only, atm, even though Paypal supports other
>currencies; probably due to the nature of the project); and there are
>two drawbacks -- since I don't live in the US myself, I can't
>contribute via Paypal (not that I have an account currently anyways),
>and the second thing is that for amounts over I believe $500, a
>business account is required (which means that fees will be deducted
>upon receipt of the funds; see
>[https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-receiving-fees-outside&countries=].
> If someone else organizes the Fundable project; and then pays Namesys
>via Paypal, then this means that charges will be double-incurred --
>the solution thereafter would be to make sure the payments go straight
>to Namesys (as opposed to going through a third party). 
>Unfortunately, I don't have access to much funds at the moment to get
>us started (I'm a minor), but I'm interested to get this moving.
>
>I've heard many proposals for this kind of thing, but I want to see
>what the incurred costs should add up to, and hopefully get the ball
>rolling.
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