On Mon, 16 Jul 2007, Bill Moran wrote: > So, I think it's a good plan from every angle. Furthermore, I think that > anyone who doesn't think it's a good plan either hasn't reviewed it > thoroughly, or has some strange axe to grind.
The only problem I see is withdrawl of binaries and consequent reaction from the cheap seats. > As I see it, this will allow big corporations to be more comfortable > adopting Bacula. Having a company to yell at - and pay - makes my employers a lot happier. The constant question I've had to fend off in the last 2-3 years is "What if Kern Sibbald gets run over by a bus?". I'm still not entirely sure why a 'company' (which may be one man and his canine companion) is "safer" than an active multi-person volunteer project.. > As Kern said, the only losers I see in this are the existing backup > software companies who are charging big bucks. Bacula is "Highly Disruptive" software, in the same way that MySQL once was. It will be interesting to see where things go in the future. What surprises me a LOT is that companies like Overland and Quantum are not getting behind Bacula and giving decent support to it... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
