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Please donate to keep Network Time Protocol up – Goal 1k

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299 points gastonmorixe | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bheadmaster ◴[12 Nov 25 10:53 UTC] No.45898648[source]▶
It's sad that a project that literally every company in the world depends on is requiring donations to keep working.
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jeffbee ◴[12 Nov 25 13:39 UTC] No.45900013[source]▶
It is apparently "Grossly Overestimate The Reliance of Companies on Open Software and Systems Week" and nobody told me.
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bheadmaster ◴[12 Nov 25 14:05 UTC] No.45900324[source]▶
Name one company that doesn't depend on NTP.
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1. jeffbee ◴[12 Nov 25 14:11 UTC] No.45900420[source]▶
Perhaps it is just my career experience, but I have never worked at a company that 1) cared about the time and 2) did not have its own clocks and 3) would touch ntpd with a 10-foot pole.