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Re:OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to k... by gtaylor on Thursday January 16, 2014 @12:27PM (#7070839)
> Apparently, there isn't very much documentation/open accounting, and they aren't willing to discuss options to reduce the bill. That doesn't inspire confidence.

It is a lot of work for a small team to itemize and publish every expense, but some rough breakdown of monthly expenses that my donation would be going towards would really help.

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Re:OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to k... by cdcarter on Thursday January 16, 2014 @07:11PM (#7073397)
If their books are clean, this is actually pretty easy. Just pulling an annual operating budget should be much easier, if they have good financial practices and controls in place.
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Re:OpenBSD will shut down if we do not have the funding to k... by jff on Thursday January 16, 2014 @06:00PM (#7073099)
If they know they need $20k, they must have arrived at that number somehow. Publishing that estimation would be a good start.
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