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

Not just computers but life in general. You get what you pay for. That's a 
consistant theme in life, whether you buy a used car, to the clothes on your 
back.

Take care!!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Hoogendyk [mailto:hoogendyk AT bio.umass DOT edu]
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 3:14 PM
To: Steve Handy
Cc: 'bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net'
Subject: 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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  c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments
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