Re: [Bacula-users] Never Mind - Given up on Bacula


Steve Handy wrote:
> Life has taught me you get what you pay for.
>
> <and>
>
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Steve Handy wrote:
>   
>> Good Afternoon Everyone,
>>
>>       Never mind to the earlier post - "Bacula BLOCK issue where already
>> created volumes not being read". I have come to the conclusion that Bacula
>> is simply too unstable. You get what you pay for!!!!
>>     

So much for a lot of the internet, linux, open source, foss, . . . .  I 
guess that leaves Microsoft, Vista, NetBackup, etc.  And, of course, no 
one ever complains about them.

There is more than one way to pay for something. In the open source 
community lots of people contribute their time and effort back into the 
community. This makes many of the open source products much richer. For 
example, I doubt anyone can fairly argue that linux has not made much 
more progress than Windows in the last 10 years. While Windows may have 
a larger user base, those are just passive users paying their money 
while Microsoft profits. There are far more people actively involved in 
linux. If someone claims a security glitch in Windows, Microsoft huddles 
behind closed doors; and, maybe, in a few months or a year or more a fix 
is released. If someone claims a security glitch in linux, anyone can 
look at the code. Large numbers of people do. Fixes are more forthcoming.

You can take Bacula or leave it. You can look at the code. I make 
decisions like that all the time. My servers have dozens of primary 
software packages delivering their services. There are many more 
packages and libraries behind those that fill out dependencies. All of 
it is open source.

If you choose to use open source, then choose what you like and work 
with it. Contribute to it in whatever way you can. Offer constructive 
commentary. If you choose not to use it, then just leave it be. Your 
barbs serve no one.


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Chris Hoogendyk

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