Re: [boost] [Boost-build] Some Boost stats...

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-12-22 21:24:27

David Abrahams wrote:
> Rene Rivera <grafikrobot_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
>> Incredible what one runs into in the web when searching 
>> <http://www.ohloh.net/projects/3>. Did someone here set that up?
> 
> Cool; Boost is an 18 million dollar codebase.

That's using their default Avg. Salary of $55,000/year. That's a joke, 
at least here in US. Boost contributers are often highly experienced 
world-class developers who would bring a great deal more than that on 
the open market. Furthermore, overhead costs usually add something close 
to 100% to cover benefits, office space, managers, etc. I'd use a figure 
of at least $200,000/yr.

That would bring the value to $68,000,000:-)

--Beman