On Fri, May 31, 2019 at 09:04:24PM +0000, Luca Filipozzi wrote: >... > When we last crunched the numbers, maintaining a 5y refresh (to stay in > warranty, etc.) would require $75k-100k/yr. We've avoided that level of > annual expenditure because we are keeping hardware longer than 5y and > we've had amazing hardware [donations][1]. >...
For me this implies that Debian should aim at having at least US$500k reserves, to be prepared if there is no large donation coming for a future refresh. > Luca Filipozzi cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed