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Re:Riffle: an efficient communication system with strong ano... by mirimir on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @12:52AM (#12076820)
Anyone know why it's defunct, if it's so awesome?
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Re:Riffle: an efficient communication system with strong ano... by sporkenfang on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @10:45AM (#12079441)
The author graduated and nobody stepped up to maintain the work. Happens to 99% of graduate student projects. The sad truth here is a lot of well maintained open source work is funded by companies who pay individuals to work and/or maintain the projects. Lots of cool ideas have no such luck.
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Re:Riffle: an efficient communication system with strong ano... by mirimir on Tuesday July 12, 2016 @09:38PM (#12083436)
OK, I get it. I didn't know that he did Pond as a grad student.
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