On 21 Aug 2006 13:18:13 -0400,
Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
This is the sort of thing that happens when you break backward
compatibility and/or interoperability. You throw away all the user base
and goodwill you've built up over the years. THAT'S suicide.
On Mon, 2006-08-21 at 11:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Anyway, I won't argue on that because the decision is not in my hands.
> The fact is that 0.7 is the only supported version and that it is the
> future. Not linking to the current version and gripping to the old one
> would be an interesting kind of suicide for a project that's a constant
> work-in-progress..."
>
> Suicide? So the fact that gaim has 1.5 in their downloads section when
> they have 2.0 beta 3 out is suicide? The fact that some Linux distros
> still use the 2.4 kernel is suicide? Funny how they're all still here
> and quite popular....
> Linking to 0.7 is suicide. New people come, download it, find there's
> nothing there, and leave. And don't try again later. I understand that
> there are good reasons behind developing the darknet....but for most
> users looking at freenet, they're looking for an opennet. And they're
> looking for a network up and running. They're not expecting something
> that's just barely starting.
>
> On 8/21/06, Julien Cornuwel < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit :
> >
> > > .7 has very few users, very little content, and no opennet.
> > > It's useless for new users.
> >
> >
> > I'm not sure stopping linking it on the website would help it have more
> > users. About content, I see new freesites apearing quite the same rythm
> > as on 0.5 so it's just a matter of time for 0.7 to have as much content
> > as 0.5.
> >
> > > And the security that you say is better has yet to be tested. I
> >
> >
> > Where did I say that ? In "the same security level." ?
> > AFAIK, "the same" is not equal to "better". Maybe I'm wrong.
> >
> > > wouldn't bet on something that's only been around for a few months vs.
> > > something that's been slowly improving for...well, longer than I've
> > > known freenet.
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I won't argue on that because the decision is not in my hands.
> > The fact is that 0.7 is the only supported version and that it is the
> > future. Not linking to the current version and gripping to the old one
> > would be an interesting kind of suicide for a project that's a constant
> > work-in-progress...
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >
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