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The extent of this accusation stems from the fact that both names contain 'Pack', much like every other packer on the planet. One of his many trollish comments
by daeken 17y ago
The extent of this accusation stems from the fact that both names contain 'Pack', much like every other packer on the planet. One of his many trollish comments on my blog was this:
"Your product" name is DotPack and open source ExePack ;
Pack part of the name the same . coincidence ?
To much coincidence in this case .
NM Moscow, Russia
At least a dozen HN readers can attest to the fact that I've been working heavily on this, and two have seen the source first-hand and can confirm that it's original.
It's offensive to say the least to have such an accusation come up on your own blog, but eh, such is the internet.
- Mrzljak 17y agoOk. question . Why will someone BUY "Your Product" for 250 - 500 USD (!?) if there is FREE openSource project with very much the same functionality, and from whom you take much of idea and implementation ?? ExePack http://exepack.codeplex.com/ http://exepack.codeplex.com/
- daeken 17y agoThe idea is one that's been around for many decades and implemented thousands of times over the years. It's not mine, and it's certainly not from Exepack. People may buy it because it works very well and is improving by the day, and if they don't, that's ok -- competition is good. But accusing me repeatedly of stealing code when the only thing our projects have in common is that we're .NET packers with names ending in 'pack' is just downright offensive.
- paraschopra 17y agoDon't worry about repeated acquisitions. I know it is hard to filter unjustified negatives but sometimes, like this time around, you simply need to ignore.
- thebigshane 17y ago*accusations Acquisitions may be a good thing.
- nrr 17y agoI'd argue that they are, undeniably, an awesome thing. :)
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