RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-10 Thread ted creedon
Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore on a box 5-10 years from now when you can't find the software and can't get it to run on any modern os/hardware

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-10 Thread Jeffrey Hutzelman
On Tuesday, October 10, 2006 09:37:03 AM -0700 ted creedon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If industry did a better job of archiving and placing old software in the public domain, there would be very few software patents issued.. Well, that was a nice little rant, but I fail to see what

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread ted creedon
Well said. tedc ___ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread seth vidal
Teradactyl generally avoids chiming in on subjects such as these but since we were named specifically on this thread it seems justified to comment. It’s true, Teradactyl is a small company with a customer base that is virtually all large government and educational entities. We fully

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, seth vidal wrote: TiBS doesnÿÿt require a license key for restores to ensure that our customers have access to their data at all times. [] We only license the backup function and our model is built on processing power to scale with your needs. Great. But that doesn't

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, seth vidal wrote: not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore on a box 5-10 years from now when you can't find the software and can't get it to run on any modern os/hardware? no.

RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread ted creedon
Brashear Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 11:31 AM To: openafs-info@openafs.org Subject: RE: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, seth vidal wrote: not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore

Re: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread John Hascall
not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore on a box 5-10 years from now when you can't find the software and can't get it to run on any modern os/hardware? no. What kind of dipstick would wait 5-10 years

Re: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 01:55:17PM -0500, John Hascall wrote: not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore on a box 5-10 years from now when you can't find the software and can't get it to run on any

Re: [OpenAFS] Commercial AFS backups

2006-10-09 Thread Robert Banz
don't feel the need to say anything here, so I won't. not needing licenses for restore means nothing about having the software be able to run on a current machine. ie: can you restore on a box 5-10 years from now when you can't find the software and can't get it to run on any modern