7 Mar
2012
7 Mar
'12
5:42 a.m.
If this is how you think about others who are trying
to preserve data and history, I don't think you should be involved in preservation at
all. Thanks for making up my mind in regards to your product.
Dave, to be honest, going back to your very first email... I really
looks like you had made it up right from the beginning. I have no clue
what preservation and the right to do it or not has to do with one's
right to stand up against a competitive claim that has proven not to be
an issue at all. I also don't know what either product has to do with
preservation per definition apart from ingesting data. Preservation is
much more than reading some bits, it's making sure the data you have is
authentic and valid and can be recreated physically and in emulation any
time.
7 Mar
7 Mar
1:09 p.m.
On 3/7/12 4:42 AM, Christian Bartsch | KryoFlux Ltd. wrote:
Look, I don't have a dog in this race. I'm not likely to need nor
purchase either Kryoflux or DiscFerret.
However, I've watched variations of this same thread every time
DiscFerret or Kryoflux comes up, and I think I can simplify the issue.
Christian, the basic import of all your posts boil down to this:
"Don't hate Kryoflux because it's closed source. It doesn't matter!
REALLY!"
And the overwhelming response from this community is that it does,
and we do.
HTH, HAND, KTHXBYE.
Doc
If this is how you think about others who are
trying to preserve data
and history, I don't think you should be involved in preservation at
all. Thanks for making up my mind in regards to your product.
Dave, to be honest, going back to your very first email... I really
looks like you had made it up right from the beginning. I have no clue
what preservation and the right to do it or not has to do with one's
right to stand up against a competitive claim that has proven not to be
an issue at all. I also don't know what either product has to do with
preservation per definition apart from ingesting data. Preservation is
much more than reading some bits, it's making sure the data you have is
authentic and valid and can be recreated physically and in emulation any
time. 
1:39 p.m.
On 7 March 2012 18:09, Doc Shipley <doc at vaxen.net> wrote:
?Look, I don't have a dog in this race. ?I'm not likely to need nor purchase
either Kryoflux or DiscFerret.
?However, I've watched variations of this same thread every time DiscFerret
or Kryoflux comes up, and I think I can simplify the issue.
?Christian, the basic import of all your posts boil down to this:
"Don't hate Kryoflux because it's closed source. ?It doesn't matter!
REALLY!"
?And the overwhelming response from this community is that it does, and we
do.
? ? ? ?HTH, HAND, KTHXBYE.
? ? ? ?Doc
+1
This. What he said, all of it.
I am not religious about open source - I use closed-source apps for
various things.
However, for data-archival purposes, it is pretty much /essential./
I'm sorry, but that's the way it is.
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9 Mar
9 Mar
2:54 p.m.
On 03/07/2012 12:09 PM, Doc Shipley wrote:
Christian, the basic import of all your posts boil
down to this:
"Don't hate Kryoflux because it's closed source. It doesn't matter!
REALLY!"
And the overwhelming response from this community is that it does, and we do.
Perhaps a little harshly put, I think... I don't hate it, and I've used
plenty of closed-source things over the years because they do a job well -
but when faced with an alternative that does the equivalent task and is
open-source and free of acres of legalese, it really is a no-brainer.
Neither product is any more or less likely to stand the test of time -
that's just the way the world works - but at least with the more open one I
feel I have a better chance of migrating to whatever the current best tool
for the job is, should I need to.
cheers
Jules
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