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Old 25th June 2012, 00:06
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No not all source codes are based on tbdev, and the 2009 version is only a revision, and I have seen to many sites, and db's hacked to pieces since the exploits for this source can even be googled and found on youtube.
My biggest issue with tbdev is its age, and the in house fighting by its developers. You can disagree all you like fact is it is a 4 year old code since its last final release, there are no new releases coming at all. The advances in code security, caches, server technology, database security, image compression, have changed a lot since tbdev managed a final release. And of all people, a developer should know this, Bigjoos your code is very nice and you maintian it, so would you go 4-5 years without a release and expect your code to be useable in a server world that far down the road? I really doubt it. The truth to it, and it is very well documented throughout these forums, is that they (tbdev) chased away all their talent, they have posted their issues all over the place here, the fact of it is this simple, while they can argue and fight over who wrote what line of code, the truth is there are no new revisions, none on the way either, now you compare that to what joerobberts has developed, what you Bigjoos, has developed, and what optix has developed, (tell me his is tbdev based LOL) and many others here. Gazelle is only alive because of its c+ tracker backend, but facts are its a dinosaur as well. Now I won't get into a pissing match over this, facts are facts, the tbdev source is dead, its old, and from the looks of the numbers on the main page here you can see which source does well, and which ones don't.
I stand behind the guys that put so much effort into decoding and nulling the TSSE 5.6, not because of the original code, but for the basic rewrite of the entire code done by the people from bvlist. To that end I also promote the original work you have done, optix and joerobberts, along with the others. But I can not in good faith promote a code that we all know is faulty, flawed, slow, and unsecure, I can not give it more attention then its own developers will. As I stated, tbdev can be made into a good code, if your willing to go in and rework huge sectiosn of it. That does not appear to be the case anymore for would be tracker owners here, they simply want a drive by tracker they can hang, be secure, and have up and running in an hour, as developers you have addressed this in your code, as the other developers have as well.
Simply put, I stand behind my statements on my OPPINION of tbdev. If you do not like my OPPINION, then do not ask for it and a developer praising tbdev does that mean a lack of faith in his own code? Bigjoos, your code is very tight, your people skills in dealing with those that use it are not the best, but we can all see were you take it and address the issues, so now with all that said I will not knock your code, or the effort that the guys put into tsse 5.6, or zen tracker, or any of the other nice sources that are here, I appreciate the effort that all of you have put in to them,and if you do not like my opinions, simply do not ask for them.
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