On 9/16/05, John Nichel <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Brian Dunning wrote: > > I got a 12-hour invoice from a consultant who was tasked to do the > > following: > > > > - Install a Red Hat machine from absolute scratch for PHP/MySQL/Apache > > > > - Copy over some MySQL databases > > > > - Have mod_rewrite working via htaccess, and have wildcard DNS > > > > I realize there are a billion different variables - I don't know > > specifically what distribution he used, or any other variables - but > > what are the chances that his invoice is reasonable? Assume that he > > should know what he's doing without having to learn anything. Thanks... > > > > Sounds about right. I just set up a box Tuesday....took me about 9 > hours. Installed RHEL 3.0 AS, Apache 1.3.x, PHP 4.4.0, mod_perl, MySQL > 4.0.x, CVS, etc. from scratch. Wednesday I took about 4 hours tweaking > and locking down the box before I put it on the network. > > -- > John C. Nichel > ÜberGeek > KegWorks.com > 716.856.9675 > john@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Well, we just had a box with a fresh install using http://www.centos.org/ .. it cost about $500 to have someone do it for us.. centos is redhat, apache & mysql and a bunch of other stuff... now that i know what was used, i probably would just do it myself... not to say that i could have done the install as fast -- Joe Harman --------- Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. - Ralph Waldo Emerson -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
