Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] BK->CVS (real time mirror) | Date | Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:46:43 +0100 |
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On Mon 17 Mar 03 02:35, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 02:18:03AM +0100, Roman Zippel wrote: > > Well, this wasn't the deal. Larry doesn't own the data, he can't say that > > you only get all the data, if you use bk. > > Perhaps you can explain the benefits to BitMover of this "deal". If you > are going to say that we get tons of marketing and sales from the free > use of BK, forget about it. Sales in this product space are made at > the CEO/CTO/VP level and I can assure you they don't read this mailing > list, they don't read slashdot, and if they did they would view what > we are doing as too risky. I tend to agree with them. > > So what's the part of the "deal" that benefits BitMover?
Let me reinsert the essential part of Roman's message that was censo^H^H^Homitted:
On Mon 17 Mar 03 02:18, Roman Zippel wrote: > you only get all the data, if you use bk. One of the arguments for the > move to bk was that the format was open and the data wasn't locked in.
Being seen to keep the promise would be the benefit to BitMover. Personally, I no longer hold any hope of that - the migration to increasingly proprietary formats and secret/patented protcols will be inexorable. Hence, no more flaming, just doing.
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