Author: Juergen Harms <juergen.harms AT unige DOT ch>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 17:44:13 +0200
"Bitrot": I agree - the only question is whether in n or in n+5 years. "It is a nice project": I dont agree - it is much more, it offers so much more than any of the alternatives that are around, let
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 21:55:54 +0200
Il 13/05/2016 17:44, Juergen Harms ha scritto: I fully agree. I was not implying "this is just a 'nice' Project". If we are still here after the "apparent death" (let's cal it "suspended animation",
Author: David Cramblett <david AT functionalchaos DOT net>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 14:13:57 -0700
If the group was interested in GitHub, then services/platform for items 1 - 4 would be available for free with good tools. Also, GitHub is somewhat of an industry standard for open source projects no
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 10:18:08 +0200
Il 13/05/2016 23:13, David Cramblett ha scritto: IMHO github is a very good choice. Thanks for the confidence. I will not rush to grab the gavel as I strongly suspect there are many people more suite
Hi all, Going back a bit, also check this message: https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/34753750/ It is certainly a sane place to start. If the project's needs ever grow beyond that it
Author: Juergen Harms <juergen.harms AT unige DOT ch>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 12:04:34 +0200
That sounds positive - tres facent collegium - but I doubt whether three is enough as soon as doing succeeds to talking. I see a formal issue: what any future activity will be based on (e.g. the mail
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 13:13:26 +0200
Il 14/05/2016 12:04, Juergen Harms ha scritto: VERY true. I did some research and Craig Barrett seems to be Senior Vice President at Google (wireless). I doubt he has much time left for BackupPC. Con
Although I'm not a contributor, and I don't think i'm cabable of being one, I have been using BackupPC for more than 10 years, and i'm absolutely for this initiative and i'm looking forward to the su
Author: Alexander Moisseev <moiseev AT mezonplus DOT ru>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 20:16:06 +0300
It's not hijacking, it's a fork and there are good reasons for that. Don't you think it might be a good idea to change the project name then and just leave the original project intact? -- Mobile secu
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 19:36:59 +0200
Il 14/05/2016 19:16, Alexander Moisseev ha scritto: I have no problem either way. Rationale behind keeping the old name is: - This isn't really a fork because the original project doesn't seem to be
Author: Juergen Harms <juergen.harms AT unige DOT ch>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 22:19:04 +0200
I appreciate the idea to try and contact Craig Barret - that is homework to be done in preparation of such a decision. Maybe Mauro is too pessimistic about getting a response - Craig has done an admi
Hello Juergen May I suggest some edits to your letter, below. On 05/14/2016 11:19 PM, Juergen Harms wrote: -- Original Message -- Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Status on new BackupPC v4 Date: Sat, 14
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 11:29:39 +0200
Il 14/05/2016 22:19, Juergen Harms ha scritto: My pessimism spawn from fact he didn't answer to previous messages, but You may be right (at least I hope You are!) Most likely previous e-mails simply
Hi! First, I would be very happy if BackupPC 4 would continue and would again pick up more speed. Thanks to all who are driving this! Happy to help as my limited time allows. Second, maybe we have so
Author: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 09:14:44 -0500
Yes, it looks like Google might be keeping him busy these days: http://www.wsj.com/articles/googles-wireless-effort-is-led-by-a-geeks-geek-1421973826 http://www.recode.net/2016/4/14/11586114/access-g
Author: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 11:15:55 -0400
Same here. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com -- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to
I've only used it for a couple of years but I am all for it. /Pasi -- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the i
Author: Mauro Condarelli <mc5686 AT mclink DOT it>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 18:35:39 +0200
Il 15/05/2016 16:14, Les Mikesell ha scritto: If You have a LinkedIn account please retrieve Craig's contacts. I have no account and I would rather not subscribe (I'm not a fan of "social nets" of an
Author: Steve Willoughby <steve AT alchemy DOT com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 12:53:52 -0700
Ive been using BackupPC for many years and would really hate to see it die. Its the best solution Ive found in a very long time. If we can encourage Craig to pick it up, or pick it up and run with it
Author: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 17:40:12 -0400
I remember getting personal mail from him many years ago, but I can't find the archives of thos messages. In any case it might very well have been from cbarratt AT users.sourceforge DOT net, which is