On 07/20/00 20:26:09 -0700 Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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| Brandon S Allbery KF8NH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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| >> You people should relax and lighten up on IBM/Transarc. They're not as
| >> stupid as they seem. WHen Transarc releases AFS as open source later
| >> this summer,
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| > Uh, right. This is IBM's usual way of EOLing a product these days.
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| Realistically, if IBM really does EOL the product and open-source it...
| well, I know we're spending a bunch of money for licenses that we wouldn't
| need to pay for open-source code, and given the number of sites in that
| same situation, all of whom would like an active development team
| supporting AFS and a few features like Kerberos v5....
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Sorry, I was less than clear: IBM/Transarc's *current* behavior is how
they like to EOL products they want to kill. And I don't expect them to
open source it, because that would mean it wouldn't die. (Yes, I am
somewhat bitter about IBM's recent treatment of its own products, and of
those who it would prefer not to consider "customers" --- like, say, anyone
not in the Fortune 100.)
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brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
system administrator [WAY too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
electrical & computer engineering KF8NH
carnegie mellon university ["better check the oblivious first" -ke6sls]
