$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details

Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details by jefurii on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:05PM (#11315025)

From The Article:

> But $7500 in the hole is not much cost to start a technology business.

Unless I missed something, it doesn't sound like they paid the developer much at all.

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Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details by fcp on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:19PM (#11315153)

I think $7500 is their net loss. They raised $35,452 on Kickstarter.

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Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details by dav- on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:24PM (#11315197)

They raised $35.5k on Kickstarter, and I'm assuming they have spent all of that plus $7.5k out of their own pocket before shipping a single unit.

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Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details by frandroid on Friday March 18, 2016 @05:26PM (#11315218)

7500 / 15 = 500. 500 units times $99 is $50K. With that kind of budget (that's everything, not just dev time) you can't hire a top-line developer.

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Re:$99 Mineserver: The Devil Is in the Details by joantune on Friday March 18, 2016 @07:55PM (#11316284)

7500 can get some good (although limited) development done around here (Portugal). Dunno how much time it would take whatever they needed though

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