You could also look for a vendor who has the means to market and support the product (and possibly hire you for that reason) to buy the product and rights from you. Putting the source on the CBT could limit those choices. Of course if you sold the product to a vendor all those that would benefit from a free or low cost product could be left out. I applaud you for feeling that the software should be free for all but you also have to look out for your own livelihood.
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To the extent permitted by applicable law, CIT and others may inspect, review, monitor, analyze, copy, record and retain any communications sen! t from or received at this email address. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of shai hess Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 2:33 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Fwd: MFNetDisk future Ron, Anybody can download MFNetDisk code and put it in CBT or what ever site they like. Because I have many time now to improve and play with the product and I am enjoy it, I prefer to do it by myself and I have now many time to do it. Now I can run the product 100% of my time except the time when rockets hit Ashdod. As you know I will stop to work for IBM in 2 months so I will have plenty of time to improve MFNetDisk. I know for sure that in the future my MFNetDisk code will be in CBT or GPL or any public domain to keep it run and support by many good developers. That will be when I feel that I do not want to play with MFNetDisk anymore. It may be soon but I am not sure when. I also believe in a world where all the source code of MF, MIcrosoft, EMC, HDS, BUSTECH and more millions source codes will be released the same as Linus Torvalds. That will make our world better. Thanks, Shai On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Ron Hawkins <[email protected]>wrote: > Shai, > > Have you considered putting a stabilized version of MFNETDISK on the CBT? > > I'm sure there are many people intrigued by the mechanics of how you > make this work, and this would allow community support for MFNETDISK > by those that are interested. > > It worked for Linus Torvalds. > > Ron > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of shai hess > > Sent: Friday, March 30, 2012 8:02 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [IBM-MAIN] Fwd: MFNetDisk future > > > > *From:* Shai Hess <[email protected]> > > *To:* Urtzi Larrieta Alvarez <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2012 6:19 AM > > *Subject:* Re: MFNetDisk future > > > > HI, > > Many users ask me for more details about the future of my product, > > so I > will > > add some information. > > > > MFNetDisk product will continue to be alive! > > > > I plan to continue to play with MFNetDisk because I spent many > > years > with > it > > and I love it, I enjoy to play with it, and I want to keep it as > > my > product. > > About my site it will stay active. > > > > The problem is that keeping the product is OK with me, but paying > > my > cost > > alone for all MF users is unacceptable and injustices. > > > > I assume that I will enable the downloading of my product when I > > will > return > > from my 2 weeks vacation. > > Many people try to download my code but it is currently disable for > > download so I sorry about it. > > > > I may decide to make change in the way I distribute my code to > > enable contribution to my product for people who like to use it and > > contribute > to > it. > > > > So, I will be in vacation starting 2 Apr until 16 Apr. > > If I will have Internet I will be able to respond to your email. > > > > Thanks, > > God bless you. > > Shai Hess, MFNetDisk product. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Urtzi Larrieta Alvarez <[email protected]> > > *To:* Shai Hess <[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 28, 2012 10:40 PM > > *Subject:* Re: MFNetDisk future > > > > Hi, Shai: > > > > It makes me sad reading this, maxime when your product works very > > well, > is > > very stable, the friend of mine who test and migrated his VTS is > > very satisfied, and I am doing some "marketing" about your product > > in all > people I > > know with mainframe systems to try it, and some of them will be > interested > > in install it in the future. > > > > But, its your product and your decision, so I'll support you and > understand > > you. The only question here and I would like to ask you, is that if > > you > finally > > stop MFNetDisk developing and support, will you be able to pass your > > product to someone that might continue developing it, or if you plan > > to > drop > > all the work down. > > > > For instance, I could help you to support this product, (as you > > know, I > have > > my own mainframe computer to do all tests) and If I have your > > permission, > I > > also would try to develop the interface to be better user friendly, > > or > study > > more developing skills to add other functionalities to your product. > > So, > a > > possible idea is if you can't afford developing and supporting your > product > > alone, you could search for some help (I am quite optimist but for > > sure someone who test your product would like to help you to not > > drop this > great > > product) and if you like, I could probably help you in this task. > > > > Sincerely, it makes me sad if you finally drop off all work, but, > > it's > your > > decision, and if you situation requieres to be dropped off, I'll > understand. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Urtzi Larrieta > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/3/28 Shai Hess <[email protected]> > > > > > ** > > > HI, > > > > > > In the coming days I will stop to work for IBM as a part time > employee. > > > IBM makes the move to let me go and I respect it. > > > As you know I think that everything is from God and I sure that > > > God make the good decision for me and I am sure that this change > > > is the best for me and in time ( I am 58). > > > Better not to wait to old age when my body will be more older and > > > weaker and maybe not healthier as before to understand that it is > > > now the time to stop to work and have fun as long as I can do it. > > > MFNetDisk was big enjoyment, but working for IBM was duty and not > > > big fun for me and for my personality. > > > > > > About the future of MFNetDisk. > > > I will not be able to support alone this product financially > > > anymore, so I will disable the downloading of this product because > > > I think that I may stop to support this product. I will take my > > > time and will decide what is the best for me to do with this product. > > > MFNetDisk has success with many small but poor companies > > > (MFNetDisk is free tape and disk storage and DR solution) but it > > > seem to me that big companies never try the product that mean that > > > all my customers are poor and can not pay for this product. > > > The true is that I never ask them to pay. > > > So, I know that for some customers I kept their heads financially > > > above the water or I kept their business alive to keep working > > > with MF at all but I need to think about my family and myself as > > > well. So that is what I will do in the coming days. > > > > > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > God bless you. > > > Shai Hess, MFNetDisk product. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send > email > to > > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
