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What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap

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801 points tnorthcutt | 2 comments | 03 Apr 14 16:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.409s | source
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grannyg00se ◴[03 Apr 14 16:55 UTC] No.7524132[source]▶
Or...How I would run an online backup service completely unrelated to Tarsnap, with different goals, different priorities, and different ideals.
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noir_lord ◴[03 Apr 14 16:58 UTC] No.7524160[source]▶
Yep, I think this is basically the problem with this post, it's Dropbox with an open source client and maybe that is what he doesn't want it to be.
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patio11 ◴[03 Apr 14 17:31 UTC] No.7524482[source]▶
If you think Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client (but marketed differently), a) you do not understand the engineering reality of Tarsnap (or you have a very... curious understanding of Dropbox) and b) Colin, please note that your marketing is creating fans who think that Tarsnap is Dropbox with an open source client.
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1. noir_lord ◴[03 Apr 14 18:57 UTC] No.7525155[source]▶
I meant the product described in the blog post not tarsnap as it currently is.

I'm quite aware of what tarsnap is.

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2. scott_s ◴[03 Apr 14 19:16 UTC] No.7525352[source]▶
I think Patrick's comment still applies if you think he described "Dropbox with an open source client." Since it's still tarsnap, it still retains all of the security benefits of tarsnap. Saying "open source client" does not capture that.