Re: Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-15 Thread Adriaan
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? You could ask the guy who is offering OpenBSD shell access at http://silenceisdefeat.org

Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-14 Thread Art Vandelay
Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks, NRS http://nrk.no/p3/program/national_rap_show/

Re: Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-14 Thread Art Vandelay
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do I convince him it's not? Sorry for going off-topic and cross-post, but I don't know who else to ask. Thanks,

Re: Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-14 Thread Subhro
Honestly speaking, I would say its easy money. Thanks Subhro On 9/14/08, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Art Vandelay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. My friend thinks that being a shell provider for IRC bots and bouncers is very good business. How do

Re: Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-14 Thread Outback Dingo
actually i agree here, running a shell server for 10 USD a head per month, is a good idea especially for your freinds who need to learn, just do the math, 100 users at 10 USD a month and guess what your making money, though its the getting users to use and abide by good usage policies is the other

Re: Being a shell provider - good business?

2008-09-14 Thread Jussi Peltola
The way I see it, providing the shells is relatively easy, but keeping your line free of DDoS and other niceties it brings is not worth the effort, especially if your users use IRC and bitch about every second of downtime. Suddenly $10 isn't so much, and it's a lot more than the cheap shell