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What I Would Do If I Ran Tarsnap

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801 points tnorthcutt | 1 comments | 03 Apr 14 16:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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a3_nm ◴[03 Apr 14 17:36 UTC] No.7524523[source]▶
The article seems to derive its consequences from the unwritten assumption that the goal of tarsnap is to earn as much money as possible, or to attract as many customers as possible, or at least to attract those users who would benefit from tarsnap.

Maybe this isn't cperciva's goal? Maybe he is just running the service as he wants it to be?

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1. girvo ◴[03 Apr 14 22:07 UTC] No.7527292[source]▶
Maybe we as geeks would be even better served if Colin was taking the money he's currently leaving on the table from business that aren't us geeks directly, but we have technical input in? Because currently he's missing out on those customers, and I know for a fact (I tried) that where I work would use tarsnap if Colin implemented what was shown here, they'd give him $500 a month, and us geeks continue using it with pico dollars (that doesn't go away!) and Colin gets more money and time to improve the service.

Seems good to me.