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==History== |
==History== |
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Cobian Backup was originally released in 2000. The program was later rewritten and released under version 7. |
Cobian Backup was originally released in 2000. The program was later rewritten and released under version 7. |
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The next version (version 8) was released in 2006. Its source code was later released under the [[Mozilla Public License]] in late January 2007. However, with version 9 the author of Cobian Backup decided to switch back to a completely closed source model.<ref> {{cite web | title = Version 9 (Amanina) will NOT be published as Open Source | publisher = Luis Cobian, author of Cobian Backup | url = http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm#OS | accessdate = 2008-05-15 }}</ref>. Older versions will remain Open Source forever, since the author will keep version 8 (Black Moon) under the Mozilla Public License. |
The next version (version 8) was released in 2006. Its source code was later released under the [[Mozilla Public License]] in late January 2007. However, with version 9 the author of Cobian Backup decided to switch back to a completely closed source model.<ref> {{cite web | title = Version 9 (Amanina) will NOT be published as Open Source | publisher = Luis Cobian, author of Cobian Backup | url = http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm#OS | accessdate = 2008-05-15 }}</ref>. Older versions will remain Open Source forever, since the author will keep version 8 (Black Moon) under the Mozilla Public License. |
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==Features== |
==Features== |
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| Developer(s) | Luis Cobian |
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| Stable release | 9.5.1.212
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Type | Backup software |
| License | Version 8: Modified Mozilla Public License 1.1, Version 9: Freeware |
| Website | http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm |
Cobian Backup is free, donation-supported backup software for Microsoft Windows. It is written in Delphi by Luis Cobian of Umea University. [1]
History
Cobian Backup was originally released in 2000. The program was later rewritten and released under version 7. The next version (version 8) was released in 2006. Its source code was later released under the Mozilla Public License in late January 2007. However, with version 9 the author of Cobian Backup decided to switch back to a completely closed source model.[1]. Older versions will remain Open Source forever, since the author will have to keep version 8 (Black Moon) under the Mozilla Public License.
Features
Cobian Backup supports Unicode, FTP, compression (Zip, SQX, 7z), encryption (including Blowfish, Rijndael, DES, RSA-Rijndael[clarification needed]), incremental and differential backup. It supports long file names (32,000 characters) for all backup types except ZIP (which supports only 256 characters). The software may be installed as an application or as a service running in the background. Multilingual support is implemented via user-submitted language files.
See also
References
- ^ "Version 9 (Amanina) will NOT be published as Open Source". Luis Cobian, author of Cobian Backup. Retrieved 2008-05-15.
External links
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