On Wed, 29 Jan 2003 04:34:15 -0500
Andrew Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Three Letter Acronym wrote:
> >
> > I for one would like to thank Sam for a fine piece of software -- it's
> > certainly been good to me.
>
> I second this.
>
> I would also like to address a few rediculous notions:
>
> *) Just because a piece of software has more than one developer doesn't
> mean it will last longer than one that doesn't. The biggest determining
> factor is if the software is used, not how many people are putting code
> into it. And having a commercial entity behind it is no guarantee
> either. I have personally experienced paying $100k for software only to
> have it go away. I can point you to many examples. And in 99%, the
> customer is screwed because they don't have the source.
Another interesting example is Interchange, an (_the_) open source e-commerce
software. RedHat bought the company which employeed the major developers.
Later they changed their mind, and dropped Interchange without releasing
any official statement about that fact. Needless to say, that Interchange
is more viable than ever.
>
> *) Investment in time and training happens with ALL software. Get over
> it. If you go with a sendmail solution, you'll have to spend some time
> learning it. If you go with an Exchange solution, you'll have to spend
> some time learning it.
Yes ! I made the experience to select the software to use on your servers
very carefully. I never regret to choose courier's IMAP and POP servers.
Sorry, Sam, but Exim is more sexy than courier-mta <g>.
>
> *) Complaining that courier is bad because it contains some feature you
> don't like is silly. If you don't like it, turn it off. If it can't be
> turned off, get your money back. I'm sure Sam will give you back every
> last dime you gave him.
>
> *) "Open Source" does not mean open CVS access. It means that if you
> don't like what you have, you can start your own CVS tree. If Sam's
> decisions to reject certain patches bother you, you could consider
> starting a Courier patch repository.
And this is fine for me. I have a developed a script and an infrastructure
for building Debian packages. If need a patch, I put it into the
courier/patches directory, rebuild the packages and done.
Bye
Racke
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