Re: rsync anti-FUD

2002-07-18 Thread Martin Pool
On 18 Jul 2002, Paul Nendick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a commercial project that would benefit immensely from > the use of rsync. However, I cannot convince management that rsync is a > worthy tool due to the rote "it's shareware, it's not supported" FUD. > > Are there any do

Re: rsync anti-FUD

2002-07-18 Thread M. Drew Streib
On Thu, Jul 18, 2002 at 06:46:52PM -0400, Stephane Paltani wrote: > I can propose a billion-dollar NASA project called Chandra as a > testimonial (OK, most of the money does not go into the archive!). If you want simple examples of users, try a few names they might recognize: IBM (probably even

Re: rsync anti-FUD

2002-07-18 Thread Stephane Paltani
Hello, Paul Nendick wrote: > > I'm working on a commercial project that would benefit immensely from > the use of rsync. However, I cannot convince management that rsync is a > worthy tool due to the rote "it's shareware, it's not supported" FUD. > > Are there any documented, corportate users

Re: rsync anti-FUD

2002-07-18 Thread Paul Nendick
jw schultz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Ask them about the last time they called customer support. > Then point out the number of developers they have or can > hire who could "fix" rsync using the source code IF it ever > "breaks". I've tried logic and reason. Both were defeated by their COBOL /

rsync anti-FUD

2002-07-18 Thread Paul Nendick
I'm working on a commercial project that would benefit immensely from the use of rsync. However, I cannot convince management that rsync is a worthy tool due to the rote "it's shareware, it's not supported" FUD. Are there any documented, corportate users of rsync? Testimonials? In short, how