On Feb 18, 3:50 am, "Dr. David Kirkby" <david.kir...@onetel.net> wrote: > On 02/16/12 12:22 AM, rjf wrote: > > > > >> IMHO, a native port of Sage to Windows could not be done in a week or two. > >> Perhaps a Cygwin port could, but I'm talking of a native port, where the > >> code runs directly on Windows, without any Linux virtual machines, > >> emulators or similar. > > > I see no reason to reject MinGW, Cygwin, or other libraries as part of > > a Sage system on Windows. > > >> If you wish, I'll offer you a 20:1 bet.. If you, or someone you know, can > >> get a full port of Sage done inside a month, I'll pay you $2000. > > > I think that a month (160 hours X expert rate of, say, $500/hour) > > would > > do it. That is far more than $2,000. > > Yes, it's a ridiculously high hourly rate too for a programmer. In the current > economic climate, a contractor would be reasonably happy earning $500/day, not > an hour. > > I think $2000 is quite reasonable for what you considered was 1-2 weeks work, > although I was giving you a month.
If you care to look around at what (say) lawyers make, or consultants who really understand commercial software you would understand that $500 an hour -- for the right person -- is possible. > > You are either stupid (which I don't think you are), just difficult for the > sake > of it (which I think you are), or grossly underestimate the amount of work > required. > Could be any of those, or I could be right. RJF -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
