On Tuesday 08 May 2018 12:14:34 Chris Hoogendyk wrote: > My Google alert on Zmanda woke up last night for the first time in a > long time and sent me this: > > BETSOL Completes the Acquisition of *Zmanda* Enterprise Backup > > <http://chicagoeveningpost.com/2018/05/06/betsol-completes-the-acquisi >tion-of-zmanda-enterprise-backup/> > > > Chicago Evening Post > “We are excited to add *Zmanda* to the BETSOL product family,” > said Ashok Reddy, CEO of BETSOL. “With the Rebit acquisition, we are > gaining good traction in consumer and SMB backup market. Now, with > *Zmanda*, our enterprise customers have award-winning reliable product > lines with best-in-class ... > > > I assume we take them at their word that it will be a seamless > transition. There is supposed to be a new Zmanda website in the works. > My sense was that it had become stale under Carbonite. For example, > the blogs show 2013 as the latest entry. I've also had some trouble > editing the wiki at multiple times over the last couple of years. > > Who is still with Zmanda in the core team and management? Are they > going to be adding anyone? Or getting help from BETSOL? > > Just wondering if anyone has any inside information they want to share > – realizing it is still early in the game.
Not a whisper Chris, thanks for the heads up. I've noted that Amanda has been pretty quiet too, but then the majority of its problems the last 3-4 years have been introduced by changes in tar. That takes our limited manpower away from other development I'm sure. And brings a modern face to TANSTAAFL, proving yet again that there is no way to bypass it. -- Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
