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

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301 points gastonmorixe | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 07:56 UTC | HN request time: 0.24s | source
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mhovd ◴[12 Nov 25 10:53 UTC] No.45898645[source]▶
I am surprised that NTP project is not funded, fully or partially, by larger organizations or governments, given the criticality of the project.
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philipwhiuk ◴[12 Nov 25 10:55 UTC] No.45898658[source]▶
Why is research into the protocol useful. Isn't it done?
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1. jrmg ◴[12 Nov 25 14:41 UTC] No.45900806[source]▶
Don’t think you deserve these downvotes. That was my reaction too. Perhaps they’re coming from people who believe that the money is to support running of time servers (which, to be fair, “Please donate to keep the Network Time Protocol up” certainly implies…)

I too would be interested in knowing what the Network Time Foundation is researching, and I think conversation about that is appropriate here. NTP certainly _seems_ like it’s been ‘good enough’ for decades to an uninformed observer, and discussing if and why it’s not would be interesting (and perhaps motivate donations!)