Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-03 Thread David J. Weller-Fahy
* Mark Moseley  [2012-04-02 12:41 -0400]:
> On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Timo Sirainen  wrote:
> > For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what
> >
> >...
> 
> I'm slightly concerned that there's been no mention of what license
> these stones are going to be released under. GPL2? GPL3? Apache? I'm
> just hoping these aren't some sort of "open core" stones that will
> only work for basic features but that I'll end up needing to buy
> "Enterprise-grade stones" to cover large clusters.

From the description and images, I'd say they are probably binary blobs
to be included in the firmware via hardware dongle. ;)

-- 
dave [ please don't CC me ]


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Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-02 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 3/31/2012 4:28 PM, Timo Sirainen wrote:

There are only a limited number of such rocks available (we disposed of
most of them to our neighbors' yards years ago)

:)

-- 
Stan



Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-02 Thread Mark Moseley
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Timo Sirainen  wrote:
> For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what it really 
> should do, and as much as the current plan seems reasonable, I think in good 
> conscience I really can't help but to bring up an alternative plan:
>
>...

I'm slightly concerned that there's been no mention of what license
these stones are going to be released under. GPL2? GPL3? Apache? I'm
just hoping these aren't some sort of "open core" stones that will
only work for basic features but that I'll end up needing to buy
"Enterprise-grade stones"  to cover large clusters.


Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-02 Thread Jan Phillip Greimann

STOP TALKING AND TAKE MY MONEYelf

Am 31.03.2012 23:28, schrieb Timo Sirainen:

For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what it really 
should do, and as much as the current plan seems reasonable, I think in good 
conscience I really can't help but to bring up an alternative plan:

The support for Dovecot is quite good already, but wouldn't it be better if it 
was GUARANTEED that your email server was ALWAYS working with zero downtime or 
other problems?  After some thinking, planning and consulting with my spiritual 
guides I realized I really should just go ahead and do it:

 From now on you can buy blessed Dovecot stones 
(http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone1.jpg), which are guaranteed to keep your 
email server running.  I don't think there's really any further reason for me 
to provide commercial support.  Probably the whole Dovecot mailing list will be 
pretty much useless after this as well, so I might as well stop posting there.  
If you have any problems, you'll just buy a Dovecot stone and the problem will 
go away.  If for any reason that doesn't work, it means that your problem is 
more difficult than most and you need to buy a few more stones.  Please 
remember that each shipment may take up to 3 weeks to reach you, so get your 
stones early and in sufficient quantities.

A small email server will be happy enough with a single small Dovecot stone, 
but the more users you have the more stones you'll likely need.  This is 
because most people are rather unhappy with their lives, and they project their 
negative energies towards their surroundings, including their email servers.  
To overcome this negative energy you need to have a counterbalancing positive 
energy, which the Dovecot stones will provide you.

The Dovecot stones are hand painted from the finest materials available to the 
sister of the author of Dovecot that she could find in the local shops. Each 
stone contains such love and dedication towards the well being of Dovecot that 
you will shed tears when you lay your eyes upon their physical being.  The 
images provided here unfortunately don't do justice to them.

http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone2.jpg - This is how i keep my home desktop 
running all day every day.  I have NEVER broken a single hard drive in my life. 
 I don't even bother to keep backups, because I KNOW it is useless for me.

A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized stone for 100 
euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large stone can usually handle 
around 1000-2000 users before you need to buy more.  If you have millions of 
users we'll need to find you a larger rock from my parents' backyard.  There 
are only a limited number of such rocks available (we disposed of most of them 
to our neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices need to be negotiated in 
advance.




Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-02 Thread Charles Marcus

On 2012-03-31 5:28 PM, Timo Sirainen  wrote:

For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what it
really should do, and as much as the current plan seems reasonable, I
think in good conscience I really can't help but to bring up an
alternative plan:

The support for Dovecot is quite good already, but wouldn't it be
better if it was GUARANTEED that your email server was ALWAYS working
with zero downtime or other problems?  After some thinking, planning
and consulting with my spiritual guides I realized I really should
just go ahead and do it:

From now on you can buy blessed Dovecot stones
(http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone1.jpg), which are guaranteed to keep
your email server running.  I don't think there's really any further
reason for me to provide commercial support.


Alright Timo, where do I send the bill for my new keyboard? Mine is no 
ruined from the coffee I just spilled all over it...


Rotflmao!

Thanks, I needed that...

--

Best regards,

Charles


Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-01 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 01.04.2012 18:38, schrieb Christian Rohmann:
> Hey all,
> 
> On 04/01/2012 11:13 AM, Marcin Mirosław wrote:
>> I'm using dovecot on vps, how can i use dovecot stone? Is it enough to
>> use photo of stone as boot splash or should i start dovecot with
>> LD_PRELOAD="/path_to_photo.jpg"?
> 
> 
> Valid questions, what about Dovecot vStones?
> 
> Apart from this practical issue, who is your marketing advisor? Timo in
> cloudy times like these, one needs product names that assure customers
> it's compatible to the Cloud:
> 
> I suggest something like:
>  Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 2000 S
>  Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 4500 GT
>  Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 6900 GTX turbo
> 
> 
> Also for such sheer value in less nightly calls on broken servers, you
> need to price the things higher. This will underline that the stones are
> of exceptional quality and energy.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Christian
> 

by the way, are they kryptonite checked ?
I dont wanna get in problems with
Mr Kent ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptonite

-- 
Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria


Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-01 Thread Christian Rohmann

Hey all,

On 04/01/2012 11:13 AM, Marcin Mirosław wrote:

I'm using dovecot on vps, how can i use dovecot stone? Is it enough to
use photo of stone as boot splash or should i start dovecot with
LD_PRELOAD="/path_to_photo.jpg"?



Valid questions, what about Dovecot vStones?

Apart from this practical issue, who is your marketing advisor? Timo in 
cloudy times like these, one needs product names that assure customers 
it's compatible to the Cloud:


I suggest something like:
 Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 2000 S
 Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 4500 GT
 Dovecot CloudProtector Stone 6900 GTX turbo


Also for such sheer value in less nightly calls on broken servers, you 
need to price the things higher. This will underline that the stones are 
of exceptional quality and energy.




Regards

Christian



Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-01 Thread Patrick Domack

Quoting Timo Sirainen :

For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what  
it really should do, and as much as the current plan seems  
reasonable, I think in good conscience I really can't help but to  
bring up an alternative plan:


The support for Dovecot is quite good already, but wouldn't it be  
better if it was GUARANTEED that your email server was ALWAYS  
working with zero downtime or other problems?  After some thinking,  
planning and consulting with my spiritual guides I realized I really  
should just go ahead and do it:


From now on you can buy blessed Dovecot stones  
(http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone1.jpg), which are guaranteed to  
keep your email server running.  I don't think there's really any  
further reason for me to provide commercial support.  Probably the  
whole Dovecot mailing list will be pretty much useless after this as  
well, so I might as well stop posting there.  If you have any  
problems, you'll just buy a Dovecot stone and the problem will go  
away.  If for any reason that doesn't work, it means that your  
problem is more difficult than most and you need to buy a few more  
stones.  Please remember that each shipment may take up to 3 weeks  
to reach you, so get your stones early and in sufficient quantities.


A small email server will be happy enough with a single small  
Dovecot stone, but the more users you have the more stones you'll  
likely need.  This is because most people are rather unhappy with  
their lives, and they project their negative energies towards their  
surroundings, including their email servers.  To overcome this  
negative energy you need to have a counterbalancing positive energy,  
which the Dovecot stones will provide you.


The Dovecot stones are hand painted from the finest materials  
available to the sister of the author of Dovecot that she could find  
in the local shops. Each stone contains such love and dedication  
towards the well being of Dovecot that you will shed tears when you  
lay your eyes upon their physical being.  The images provided here  
unfortunately don't do justice to them.


http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone2.jpg - This is how i keep my home  
desktop running all day every day.  I have NEVER broken a single  
hard drive in my life.  I don't even bother to keep backups, because  
I KNOW it is useless for me.


A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized  
stone for 100 euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large  
stone can usually handle around 1000-2000 users before you need to  
buy more.  If you have millions of users we'll need to find you a  
larger rock from my parents' backyard.  There are only a limited  
number of such rocks available (we disposed of most of them to our  
neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices need to be negotiated  
in advance.


I'm unable to locate the order page.
Or should I reply to the maillist with my creditcard info?




Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-01 Thread Marcin Mirosław
W dniu 2012-03-31 23:28, Timo Sirainen pisze:
> For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what it really 
> should do, and as much as the current plan seems reasonable, I think in good 
> conscience I really can't help but to bring up an alternative plan:
> 
> The support for Dovecot is quite good already, but wouldn't it be better if 
> it was GUARANTEED that your email server was ALWAYS working with zero 
> downtime or other problems?  After some thinking, planning and consulting 
> with my spiritual guides I realized I really should just go ahead and do it:
> 
> From now on you can buy blessed Dovecot stones 
> (http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone1.jpg), which are guaranteed to keep your 
> email server running.  I don't think there's really any further reason for me 
> to provide commercial support.  Probably the whole Dovecot mailing list will 
> be pretty much useless after this as well, so I might as well stop posting 
> there.  If you have any problems, you'll just buy a Dovecot stone and the 
> problem will go away.  If for any reason that doesn't work, it means that 
> your problem is more difficult than most and you need to buy a few more 
> stones.  Please remember that each shipment may take up to 3 weeks to reach 
> you, so get your stones early and in sufficient quantities.
> 
> A small email server will be happy enough with a single small Dovecot stone, 
> but the more users you have the more stones you'll likely need.  This is 
> because most people are rather unhappy with their lives, and they project 
> their negative energies towards their surroundings, including their email 
> servers.  To overcome this negative energy you need to have a 
> counterbalancing positive energy, which the Dovecot stones will provide you.
> 
> The Dovecot stones are hand painted from the finest materials available to 
> the sister of the author of Dovecot that she could find in the local shops. 
> Each stone contains such love and dedication towards the well being of 
> Dovecot that you will shed tears when you lay your eyes upon their physical 
> being.  The images provided here unfortunately don't do justice to them.
> 
> http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone2.jpg - This is how i keep my home desktop 
> running all day every day.  I have NEVER broken a single hard drive in my 
> life.  I don't even bother to keep backups, because I KNOW it is useless for 
> me.
> 
> A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized stone for 
> 100 euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large stone can usually 
> handle around 1000-2000 users before you need to buy more.  If you have 
> millions of users we'll need to find you a larger rock from my parents' 
> backyard.  There are only a limited number of such rocks available (we 
> disposed of most of them to our neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices 
> need to be negotiated in advance.

Hello!
I'm using dovecot on vps, how can i use dovecot stone? Is it enough to
use photo of stone as boot splash or should i start dovecot with
LD_PRELOAD="/path_to_photo.jpg"?


Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-04-01 Thread Michael Grimm
Nice ;-)


On 31.03.2012, at 23:28, Timo Sirainen wrote:

> A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized stone for 
> 100 euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large stone can usually 
> handle around 1000-2000 users before you need to buy more.  If you have 
> millions of users we'll need to find you a larger rock from my parents' 
> backyard.  There are only a limited number of such rocks available (we 
> disposed of most of them to our neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices 
> need to be negotiated in advance.


And sorry for the previous Mail. Mail.app from Apple isn't the best program ;-)

Regards, Michael

Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-03-31 Thread Robert Schetterer
Am 31.03.2012 23:28, schrieb Timo Sirainen:
> For the last few days I've been thinking about my company and what it really 
> should do, and as much as the current plan seems reasonable, I think in good 
> conscience I really can't help but to bring up an alternative plan:
> 
> The support for Dovecot is quite good already, but wouldn't it be better if 
> it was GUARANTEED that your email server was ALWAYS working with zero 
> downtime or other problems?  After some thinking, planning and consulting 
> with my spiritual guides I realized I really should just go ahead and do it:
> 
> From now on you can buy blessed Dovecot stones 
> (http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone1.jpg), which are guaranteed to keep your 
> email server running.  I don't think there's really any further reason for me 
> to provide commercial support.  Probably the whole Dovecot mailing list will 
> be pretty much useless after this as well, so I might as well stop posting 
> there.  If you have any problems, you'll just buy a Dovecot stone and the 
> problem will go away.  If for any reason that doesn't work, it means that 
> your problem is more difficult than most and you need to buy a few more 
> stones.  Please remember that each shipment may take up to 3 weeks to reach 
> you, so get your stones early and in sufficient quantities.
> 
> A small email server will be happy enough with a single small Dovecot stone, 
> but the more users you have the more stones you'll likely need.  This is 
> because most people are rather unhappy with their lives, and they project 
> their negative energies towards their surroundings, including their email 
> servers.  To overcome this negative energy you need to have a 
> counterbalancing positive energy, which the Dovecot stones will provide you.
> 
> The Dovecot stones are hand painted from the finest materials available to 
> the sister of the author of Dovecot that she could find in the local shops. 
> Each stone contains such love and dedication towards the well being of 
> Dovecot that you will shed tears when you lay your eyes upon their physical 
> being.  The images provided here unfortunately don't do justice to them.
> 
> http://www.dovecot.org/tmp/stone2.jpg - This is how i keep my home desktop 
> running all day every day.  I have NEVER broken a single hard drive in my 
> life.  I don't even bother to keep backups, because I KNOW it is useless for 
> me.
> 
> A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized stone for 
> 100 euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large stone can usually 
> handle around 1000-2000 users before you need to buy more.  If you have 
> millions of users we'll need to find you a larger rock from my parents' 
> backyard.  There are only a limited number of such rocks available (we 
> disposed of most of them to our neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices 
> need to be negotiated in advance.

Hi Timo, perhaps the ghosts in the machines will now be very happy
starting eat such bricks starting in the  magical Ides of April
so lets pray you ll never get out of Jedi power to bless the stones
finally i am looking for a stone interface , meanwhile holy rays might
have power enough, preparing them near the servers in the datacenter
where i allready have prisoned evil trolls
-- 
Best Regards

MfG Robert Schetterer

Germany/Munich/Bavaria


Re: [Dovecot] Dovecot stones

2012-03-31 Thread Patrick Westenberg

Timo Sirainen schrieb:


A small Dovecot stone can be bought for 10 euros, a medium sized stone for 100 
euros and a large stone for 500 euros.  Each large stone can usually handle 
around 1000-2000 users before you need to buy more.  If you have millions of 
users we'll need to find you a larger rock from my parents' backyard.  There 
are only a limited number of such rocks available (we disposed of most of them 
to our neighbors' yards years ago), so their prices need to be negotiated in 
advance.


=)