On Tue, Jan 28, 2003 at 12:28:37PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Good question, Chris. > I agree. > > Furthermore, all the decisions on what-to-have also count on Sam's like or > dislike.
Well, if Sam gets run over by a truck, the source is all out there - someone else can pick it up. As far as I can tell, Sam is the only person who can commit changes to the repository. If enough people don't like Sam's decisions, and have the time and inclination, they can always fork off the project into a separate one. This is one benefit of the GPL - unlike qmail whose licence didn't allow that to happen. Result: stagnation. Having a single key architect is not necessarily a bad thing anyway: it can mean the result has a more coherent design. I suggest you dig a little and find out a bit about the design and philosophy (and other things such as the quality of the documentation), and if it doesn't suit your taste, you can always choose something else. If my opinion counts for anything: courier-imap is the best Maildir-capable POP3 and IMAP server out there. I can't really fault it apart from its log messages, which typically aren't detailled enough to help debug authentication problems. sqwebmail is a fast and capable webmail server, also difficult to fault. Its calendaring function is too clunky to be useful (but is disabled by default, so you can ignore it). I don't use Courier MTA though. IMO it's not as flexible or mature as other MTAs, and from what I've seen it seems to value rigid enforcement of RFC-compliance over interoperability, which doesn't suit me. Regards, Brian. > > Andrew > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christoph Mitasch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Courier Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 12:09 > Subject: [courier-users] courier developers, protection of investment > > > Hello, > > I really like courier but I've some concerns about the protection of > investment if I use courier. > > Since I know courier I got the impression that the project is mainly > based on one person, you, Sam. > > I'd like to know if there are also lots of other developers who are > working on courier or if it is really concentrated on one Person. > > Thus would mean that the truck-factor of the project is very high and > the development for the future wouldn't be ensured. > > I hope you could clarify my concerns. > > Christoph > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.NET email is sponsored by: > SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! > http://www.vasoftware.com > _______________________________________________ > courier-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: SourceForge Enterprise Edition + IBM + LinuxWorld = Something 2 See! http://www.vasoftware.com _______________________________________________ courier-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/courier-users
