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Gruber later mentioned on Twitter [1] that in some months they're paying more for servers than they're spending on the font in an entire year. (The font licensi
by SyneRyder 10y ago
Gruber later mentioned on Twitter [1] that in some months they're paying more for servers than they're spending on the font in an entire year. (The font licensing is $299/yr [2], suggesting server costs around $3600/yr.)
[1] https://twitter.com/gruber/status/768302562030202881 https://twitter.com/gruber/status/768302562030202881
[2] http://www.typography.com/apps/ http://www.typography.com/apps/
- Doctor_Fegg 10y agoCurious. You should be able to run an (evidently not that popular) text sync service on a Hetzner box for a fraction of that price. I wonder what was costing them $3600.
- lee_a 10y agoI'm not certain if it's still the case, but Vesper Sync was originally written using Azure Mobile Services. https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Azure/Learn-how-Vesper-built-offline-sync-using-Azure-Mobile-Services- https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/Windows-Azure/Learn-how-Vesp... During many Azure ad spots on The Talk Show, it had also been mentioned that Vesper used it.