Warp wrote:
>   "Even though Wikipedia is one of the top 5 most visited websites in the
> world, we employ fewer than 35 people."
> 
>   How much does a bunch of servers, the necessary bandwidth and the salary
> of 35 people need? 10 million dollars?
> 
>   The tasvideos.org site had recently to be moved from the original owner's
> personal computer to a rented server (because the original owner didn't want
> to run it on his own computer anymore). The server is rented completely by
> donations. A few hundred bucks were donated, and that will help keep the
> website running for a couple of *years*.

What is the necessary bandwidth for a top-5 website?  Heavy-traffic free 
sites are always complaining about needing x money to pay for the 
bandwidth they're using.  It is, apparently, not all that cheap.  So a 
few hundred dollars doesn't even cover one month's traffic.

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Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

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