Ostatic: Memopal, linux testers wanted
11/08/2008
by Mike Gunderloy's
Memopal is an interesting startup. Their basic business is transparent online backup of your files, as you work with them. They do this through their own MGFS file system, which is designed to handle huge files in a distributed fashion. Already established on Windows and with a Mac beta version, they offer a variety of other features including file sharing that works with large files and a web interface for file management.
Now Memopal is getting ready to launch into Linux waters, and they're using a novel approach for recruiting beta testers. If you're interested, the way to sign up is to visit the Memopal wiki and edit it to include your own contact information. They promise to send out software around August 20, though it looks like you can email and get earlier access. Beta testers are promised a license on launch.
While it's nice to see this approach, and good to see cross-platform availability for the Memopal service, there's one thing that I don't see: any mention of what the licensing will be for the Linux bits. Given that they're a commercial company, I'm guessing that they won't be open source. Which leaves a question for the OStatic community: is there a truly open source distributed backup software that you're happy with? What would you recommend to your peers?
http://ostatic.com/170823-blog/memopal-linux-testers-wanted