Comment by mrbill
9 years ago
How does SDF keep itself funded? What kind of bandwidth do they have to the outside world?
I can see hardware not being an issue - with the right contacts you can be swimming in older x86 and Alpha gear, storage and networking, etc, with enough spares to last until the apocalypse.
I signed up in 2008 when I wasn't even old enough to legally drink alcohol. I remember I literally mailed them a 5€ bill and got my account validated.
Tomorrow I'll be updating my subscription to an ARPA membership (36$/lifetime).
to actually execute any commands or do anything you need to get "validated" which costs $3 by paypal or $1 + postage by us mail
If you know a MetaARPA user, they can validate you for free.