AdrianLP wrote:rsync (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync) was wrote way back in 1996. Was MLS in the works that long ago?
rsync is based on rcp and scp, and they predated it by some time I believe.
So I think that you are missing what I am saying. We purchased a program to do the synching for us. We did not want to write our own. THat decision was made YEARS ago.
We can criticize it all we want about decisions that were made in the past but the fact remains that we have legacy code we have to replace, rewrite, or otherwise deal with. The technologies that you are mentioning are not new to the Church. We use rsync for other processes and procedures. We use MYSQL (in fact on this very site). But it takes time to move to newer technologies. And in with all of this work, we need to develop new software for newer needs. It is simple to say "solve the problem by using MySQL or RSync" but it simply is not that easily done. We have a VERY complex and large enterprise that has legacy data going back decades with interdependencies between multiple large applications. In addition, we have many people working on new applications to solve new needs and problems. I suggest that if you feel you have the answers to these problems, please come work for us and help us solve them. They are massive in nature and take much planning, coordination, and effort to bring to pass. They are not as simple as replacing technology "A" with technology "B".
Tom
Both are free.
