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Re: [opensuse-project] Site going down at release - solution
- From: "Peter Flodin" <peter@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 23:51:08 +1100
- Message-id: <8be044e30612120451i267aed79ke5bfd1810419aec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On 12/11/06, Anthony Bryan <albryan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The fact that there is no official implementation of Metalink software
is actually the main issue I have with Metalink. It feels too much
like there is snake oil involved, with claims and promises and what
feels like marketing, and the delivery of actual results is left to
other parties.
Take Bittorrent and its rise to fame, it had an official and basic
client, which was proven to work, and was then implemented by
countless clients. Similarly I would like to have seen Metalinks
pushed by an implementor who wanted to share their creation.
Most of us are used to two worlds, the opensource - where projects are
generally started to scratch your own itch and the successful ones
take on a life - and the commercial - where things are made for
profit. Metalink.org and your motivations for pushing metalinks are
not clear.
Don't get me wrong, I am not in any way trying to discourage you in
your quest or others from trying clients with Metalinks, I am just
sharing my thoughts how I and maybe others see it.
Pflodo
Peter Flodin.
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> 2) All rights reserved at the bottom, sounds so proprietary. No word
> about
> license.
That's for the text of the site. What do you mean by license? I offer no
software. Some of the software that uses Metalink is under the GPL, some is
commercial.
The fact that there is no official implementation of Metalink software
is actually the main issue I have with Metalink. It feels too much
like there is snake oil involved, with claims and promises and what
feels like marketing, and the delivery of actual results is left to
other parties.
Take Bittorrent and its rise to fame, it had an official and basic
client, which was proven to work, and was then implemented by
countless clients. Similarly I would like to have seen Metalinks
pushed by an implementor who wanted to share their creation.
I'm sorry you see it as marketing, I know I'd be a pretty bad salesman.
(it's just what I wrote to get the basic idea across, I don't think it's
particularly good but it seemed ok to me). I think Metalink solves some
problems and of course that's fine if you disagree :) I only hope that
people try it out and decide for themselves.
Most of us are used to two worlds, the opensource - where projects are
generally started to scratch your own itch and the successful ones
take on a life - and the commercial - where things are made for
profit. Metalink.org and your motivations for pushing metalinks are
not clear.
Don't get me wrong, I am not in any way trying to discourage you in
your quest or others from trying clients with Metalinks, I am just
sharing my thoughts how I and maybe others see it.
Pflodo
Peter Flodin.
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