On 8 June 2011 15:40, <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> wrote: > "Manfred A. Reiter" <ma.rei...@gmail.com> wrote on 06/08/2011 10:17:02 AM: > > It would be perfectly possible, and actually quite easy for > someone > > > to host the files with a scalable cloud storage provider, e.g., > Amazon, > > > and charge $0.99 for the download, the cost of an iPhone app. That > is > > > over $30 million/year. Heck, I might just do that myself and retire! > > > > > > > I only would like to know, > > > > whether this posting was really for the apache communtiy mailinglist > > or an IBM internal mailinglist to evolve a businessplan? > > > > > This was just a back of the envelope calculation, based on public > information, intended for the list. The 300,000 downloads/day listed on > the OOo did not sound plausible to me initially, so I wanted to see if I > could confirm or contradict this number independently. > > -Rob
I don't think it was the download figures, rather the uplift on the financial side that was the issue ;-)
