From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Masover Subject: Re: when will it end? Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:09:12 -0500 Message-ID: <418054C8.5020104@slaphack.com> References: <417EF280.10003@slaphack.com> <20041027033443.GE25932@backtop.namesys.com> <417F3C7C.2020408@slaphack.com> <1406818064.20041027103126@tnonline.net> <417FD40B.2050807@namesys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: list-help: list-unsubscribe: list-post: Errors-To: flx@namesys.com In-Reply-To: <417FD40B.2050807@namesys.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Hans Reiser Cc: Spam , reiserfs-list@namesys.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hans Reiser wrote: | Spam wrote: | |> |> Windows 2000 and later comes with a lite version of Diskeeper from |> Executive Software. |> | MS charges for the OS, so that business model works for them. Nobody | will buy a heavy resizer from us if there is a lite one. That would be | as likely to happen as their buying a support contract. The lite | software is reiser4 without a resizer. | | Such is my feel of the market. Perhaps. I'd just feel a little cheated. Currently, without a repacker/resizer, I would have to borrow/buy another hard drive to get my data off reiser4, and it seems that it would slowly become more fragmented. What about plugins? Application patches? The repacker seems sort of essential, and definitely a lot of work, but your expertise would also be very useful for things like, say, a reiser4 backend to a traditional SQL database. I sincerely doubt people would be willing to pay much for something that they see as "free" with Windows, while there's some real potential here to create something entirely unique. Not unique in its benchmarks, but in its usability. I know I'm somewhat biased, but I do prefer something entirely proprietary to something which is sort of "half-open", like WineX/Cedega, Lustre, etc. It leaves a really bad taste in my mouth when I start to get hooked on a product, only to find later on that I have to buy some really critical feature. Like all those "GI-Joe Grenade Launcher" with "GI-Joe sold separately" fine-print labels. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQIVAwUBQYBUyHgHNmZLgCUhAQJDOg/+NIjPua8z9iAOszVpAhMxV672uSrEjTZq uGjPySFxjbc0UtDBHrGexIchiUnTF8L6tSzgJKoYF4lpoZ+/cMMosZ9Qxk0Agn8n smhvRKz+pWr5my0PVMUxcUrsYtfhqiHEO+zRSLX/LJ22b6Qiy3yOxKgV74AylpSi ZtINahQicT0sbok0n0UAt5Zk4yzJPj3+R7J3TUEAgatisZhWGwr5w9WIVIGHVsYa YwXsX8AparnfLhh700DSg5k0OWCBf1gZs+iXN1Oy1G6x1z7cVtqB+nHjZPPYEoFx B3zRYYm1M2LGuNe6tqpLwM0jufBZ2ZOMbsGA0Kbg2c/zSBviOjZfq+oTrtUdiFKU Log4sVRH/rk8H1B4DqG0iEwLwjZ4Q+q3DAs9c2GKPS7VQ+fb/UjATd1HlBFYCVtG hN12UHI2Tg6wTsn2fhp9Q48BKd/D4g5LEKbZ4fYhtrPOqDSVV3d3lMPTp1Lxtv0j AXyEyouClEOvAr0eLTLTX31M5Negg+MX+z82NwW3kTigw/DFVsTY3jo3qJqZ9iHT NKAbF3hHYarhC1w+Z607of2CO1dQqkC3Gs0XgN3qKQ0yN4kRJcWyXeVzAtkOOinY Ymou+1v70t3ZVNgraV+znIVQelT2xHWNuK58D6WLALZPHN3kXrzIZvQNpt72ZwqM RnPLTLuSX4o= =BGb5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----