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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by stderr on Monday March 10 2014, @01:20PM

    by stderr (11) on Monday March 10 2014, @01:20PM (#14120) Journal

    NCommand is not the one being dishonest here.

    Let's look at some of those expenses [dev.soylentnews.org]:

    • AltSlashdot.org
    • AltSlashdot.net
    • AltSlashdot.com

    Cost: $48.13, but are 3 AltSlashdot domains (2 of which were never used) part of the start up costs of SoylentNews?

    • Virtual phone #

    Cost: 14.83, but what is that number for?

    • BlueHost hosting

    Cost: 178.20, the email, wiki and forums were hosted there at one point, but it's unclear how the cost got so high. The main site, http://dev.soylentnews.org/ [dev.soylentnews.org], was never hosted on BlueHost, but on NCommands Linode servers.

    • Pimsleur Spanish I
    • Pimsleur Spanish II
    • Pimsleur Spanish II (I assume that should be III, but the wiki says II)
    • Sony MP3 player
    • USPS Shipping

    Cost: 441.14, but those were a personal gift from Barrabas to NCommander. Should NCommander really pay for a gift to himself? Should they even be part of the expenses for SoylentNews?

    Further down, under "Ongoing expenses", we have:

    • SoylentNews.jp
    • SoylentNews.cn

    Cost: 125.00, but as far as I know, neither the staff nor the community was ever asked, if we needed or wanted those.

    Some of the "Linode 1024" and "Linode backup" entries in that list are also stuff Barrabas got without consulting the staff and community.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by boltronics on Monday March 10 2014, @10:18PM

    by boltronics (580) on Monday March 10 2014, @10:18PM (#14428) Homepage

    That makes sense. If you're not going to consult the stakeholders (in this case the community, technical leads, etc.) and purchase things on your own dime, that's the risk you accept.

    I think that this general rule of thumb probably applies pretty much anywhere, so for Barrabas to think otherwise seems somewhat arrogant and selfish IMO.

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