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Re: virtual drive again

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From: Eugene Mayevski [SecureBlackbox]
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:31
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David Scheffel wrote:

>>Inexperienced person (I mean inexperienced in device driver
>>development) can do this in 6 to 12 months full-time. Experienced - in
>>2-4 months depending on the task. The cost also varies from 15K to 50K
>>depending on the task.
> Does this estimation include the use the 3rd party components or frameworks?

This varies. The estimation we had (20K, 4 months of work) included 
special terms for using a 3-rd party library (the library could be used 
for free as a separate module. If we wanted to get source and compile it 
with our driver, we would have to pay 9-12K for the license).

-- 
Eugene Mayevski
EldoS Corp., CTO
Security and networking solutions
http://www.eldos.com
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