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Re:SQLite developer must have received a lot of phone calls by pbowyer on Friday March 13, 2015 @06:51AM (#9196480)
If one wanted to be very mean, and using a premium rate UK number as an example:

At £1.50/minute, you can put them into a holding queue with "All developers are currently occupied, please wait and your call will be answered shortly" played every 45 seconds. If the developer wakes up they can choose to answer, otherwise most people will hang up after a few minutes.

Assuming the average person kept on the line for 3-4 minutes, and 100 calls a month, that's £450/month revenue...

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Re:SQLite developer must have received a lot of phone calls by isp on Friday March 13, 2015 @09:17AM (#9196938)
This would fall afoul of the UK regulator for premium rate numbers (PhonepayPlus) http://code.phonepayplus.org.uk/the-avoidance-of-undue-delay...

(See also: https://www.xkcd.com/1494/)

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Re:SQLite developer must have received a lot of phone calls by pbowyer on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:08AM (#9197141)
It definitely would now, but back pre-2006..?
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