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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by pvinis on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:11AM (#17950672)
It means that is was not actually "coming soon". It said that, just to see if many people are interested in that feature. If there were many people interested, development of that feature would start. If not many people were interested, I guess the text would have been just removed. Makes sense?
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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by arthurcolle on Monday September 10, 2018 @06:43AM (#17950790)
Pretty convoluted to me...
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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by konschubert on Monday September 10, 2018 @02:33PM (#17953936)
No, it's simple, it's just a lie.

(Sorry, don't mean to attack anyone or put too much blame, but let's call it what it is.)

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @09:23PM (#17956508)
Technically the lie really only extends to the "soon" part, since it is coming. And software regularly has a list of future features that often don't ship. Would love to chat if you were ever interested!
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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by konschubert on Tuesday September 11, 2018 @10:20AM (#17959925)
Hi, I am always up for a chat, my email is [email protected]. :)

To get back to our argument: By the time you said "coming soon" you didn't know if it was coming at all, so I would call that a bit of a lie.

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by giancarlostoro on Monday September 10, 2018 @07:57AM (#17951102)
But at least they've been working on it for a good minute:

https://twitter.com/expandrive/status/1000012200612950017

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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by hemancuso on Monday September 10, 2018 @08:03AM (#17951121)
We took a beta list to gauge interest. No sense in all the work if nobody cares.
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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by ktm5j on Monday September 10, 2018 @10:22AM (#17951981)
Yeah but why not just ask if people were interested? Instead of saying something that wasn't true..
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Re:Show HN: Zero – Local file system transparently swapping ... by tekromancr on Monday September 10, 2018 @12:29PM (#17952931)
Because everyone and their dog would say they want it, or are interested in it, even if they don't actually want it. This puts up a (small) barrier that helps gauge true interest.

It's the same idea as setting up a landing page for a product that doesn't exist and seeing if people click "pricing" or "buy now" to determine if there is a market for it.

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