On Thursday 19 July 2007 11:33, Alan Brown wrote: > 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.
Well, the only cheap seats that have anything to gripe about are the corporate cheap seats as you call them, and those are exactly the guys who will start learn to pay for the services they receive. > > > 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.. Well, no one, especially me has ever promised that a company is "safer" than a project. Concerning Bacula being "an active multi-person volunteer project", as I have written it falls *far* below my expectations. When I previously write that one person who had been and was still "sort of" active in the project took offense. However, I can tell you the fact that the participation falls far below my expectations means that I appreciate far more the contributions and participations that *are* made to the project. Concerning the company and what happens if I get run over by a bus. IMO, the chances are *far* greater that the company will continue with far fewer problems that the project alone for several reasons. One, they will have worked closely with me and understand the Bacula philosophy and probably more important their jobs will depend on things continuing smoothly. Some day, maybe I will tell my little story about how a company is *very* similar to the birth of a human baby and its subsequent development ... The company currently consists of four founders, with several more under consideration, and though it might have problems starting without me, the current composition certainly has the capability of continuing without me once things are on track. In any case, none of that is important, since what will be, will be. > > > 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. Yes, we are 100% agreed. Bacula is highly disruptive -- it is amazing how similar the disruption is to Autodesk (AutoCAD) back in 1985 :-) > > What surprises me a LOT is that companies like Overland and Quantum are > not getting behind Bacula and giving decent support to it... > You are correct about Quantum. However, the I (and hence Bacula) now seem to be plugged into the nice places in Overland, thanks to a recent meeting I had with a cool guy from their company, and I expect the relationship improve more over time ... Once Quantum gets wind of how Bacula and Overland are working together, and the sales they are losing because of their attitude, they might rethink things ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
