> From: Rob Weir <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; Hagar Delest > <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2013 12:32 PM > Subject: Re: Microsoft Censors OpenOffice Download Links > > 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.
I'll add that P2P is not always ideal except for highly popular things. Once something leaves the popularity (e.g. it's a few months past release, or an older version) than P2P/BitTorrent is very problematic - downloads take a lot longer if available at all - as few users are seeding the P2P networks. It's certainly been one complaint of mine for various Linux distros that rely on P2P networks. $0.02 Ben --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
