On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Hagar Delest <[email protected]> wrote: >> Objet : Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links >> Not to speak for them, but I suspect they would point out the fact >> that we there are over 100 Apache projects, and they all seem to do >> fine with distribution via the mirrors. >> >> Personally, I'd wonder where this rates with us in terms of priority. >> Compare to, say, forum stability improvements, code signing for our >> installers, and further buildbot coverage, where do torrents rate? > > Of course it's not a priority. > But think about the mechanism of torrent: once it's initiated, it spreads by > itself without any input needed. I'm not sure we need powerful resources for > the seeds, we can even limit the number of uploads I guess. And then let the > torrent spread among users. > > A forum was not in the field of the ASF scope. The AOO forum is still doing > and rather well, there is a lot of cooperation and feedback when information > is forwarded from on side to the other. So why not make a torrent a first for > ASF? > > Please remember that you're handling an office suite, it's not a niche > program, it's something that is heavily popular, you tell it yourself when > you inform the list about the millions downloads. Ubuntu offers torrents for > example. >
AOO is popular. Torrents are not. I bet that <1% of downloads were of torrent, when OOo had them. Remember, a common question from users is "I just downloaded OpenOffice and now I cannot find it". So skill level of typical user is not ideal for explaining how to download via P2P. > If ASF does not want to do new things because no other ASF project has even > tried, then I'm rather worried about the future. Especially when on the other > side LibreOffice has a so efficient team, very good at marketing their > project. > 1. Maybe ask LibreOffice how many torrent downloads they see? That would be an interesting number to know. 2. This is not a question of avoiding doing something new. It is a question of prioritization based on cost and benefit. 3. Torrents are not even new. They are old technology. 4. There is nothing to prevent someone from seeding a torrent for AOO today, right now if you thought it was important. It does not need to come from Apache. Regards, -Rob > Hagar > > Une messagerie gratuite, garantie à vie et des services en plus, ça vous > tente ? > Je crée ma boîte mail www.laposte.net > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
