[Red5] Funding for red5

[Patrick Mineault]

What 3k gets you is highly dependant on how good you are at recruiting. 
I've been told from a client here in Montreal that when they take out 
ads for entry level Java devs they usually receive insane amount of 
resumes, like 100+. There's got to be a decent kid in there ;)

Patrick

hank williams wrote:

>Wow. Perhaps when I launch my service I should set up a development
>office in canada. It sounds like I could afford to build a rocket
>ship.
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>Are you saying that 3k gets you a good geek. Good comp sci skills.
>Ability to work unsupervised. etc. In otherwords does that just get
>you a graduate or can you get a superstar for that.
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>Regards
>Hank
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>On 12/21/05, Patrick Mineault <lists at 5etdemi.com> wrote:
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>>American dollars. See here:
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>>http://jobfutures.ca/noc/2162p4.shtml
>>http://imt.emploiquebec.net/mtg/inter/noncache/contenu/asp/mtg122_statprof_01.asp?aprof=2171&lang=FRAN&Porte=1&cregn=QC&PT1=1&type=cle&motpro=analyste&PT2=17&pro=2171&PT3=9
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>>Remember the cheap tuition fees (about 1k$ per semester for university,
>>ie lows of qualified cheap labor), low cost of living (cheap rent, free
>>healthcare), and other factors. Also that's taking into account that
>>Java developers are usually a lot cheaper than programmers in highly
>>specialized fields (ie Flash developers). And of course I'm not talking
>>about a freelance fee either, but an employee fee. 3 months doesn't seem
>>too far fetched.
>>
>>Patrick
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>>hank williams wrote:
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>>>wow. are those american dollars or canadian dollars. I cant imagine
>>>hiring a good programmer -well any programmer for 2-3k per month. No
>>>comp sci grad makes that little here in america. I cant imagine things
>>>are that much different in canada. This must be an exchage rate issue.
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Hank
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>>>On 12/21/05, Patrick Mineault <lists at 5etdemi.com> wrote:
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>>>>I have a client here that is interested in deploying an application
>>>>which would require several FlashCom licenses. The proposed setup would
>>>>be quite costly for the benefit of using FlashCom (the multiple FlashCom
>>>>licenses would be required simply to supply low latency access in
>>>>different parts of the world, never reaching anywhere near the
>>>>bandwidth/user limits). I talked to him about the red5 project and said
>>>>he would be interested in funding the project (roughly the equivalent of
>>>>one or two FlashCom licenses). Now the money would probably not flow in
>>>>(if it does at all) until this spring, but nevertheless I thought I'd
>>>>ask what you guys thought about it, how it might be used, etc. I mean,
>>>>with 10k$ that gives us a Java developer for a good 3-4 months (at least
>>>>in Canada). I know Luke and John are busy, busy people, maybe a paid
>>>>programmer would help the project... Just thinking out loud here.
>>>>
>>>>Patrick Mineault
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