[hobbit] Would xymon survive?

[Josh Luthman]

There is an application that college universities use that is
developed by one person.  VMPLS I believe is the name.

On 12/12/08, Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> wrote:
> On Friday 12 December 2008, michael nemeth wrote:
>> I gave I high successful  Xymon presentation that got me management
>> support to have it evaluated by
>> a larger group of people . Actually the management support was very strong
>> !
>>
>> One Sysadmin, expressed the worry that since xymon is basic a one
>> programmer product what
>> would happen if Henrik could no  longer support  it.   I  told them
>> about  the  movement  for
>> more than one programer to support it via the Subversion archive on
>> Sourceforge,
>>
>> Still if Henrik was gone would some one support it? Would Henrik company
>> allow  outsider
>> to maintain it.  Ok, in other words would xymon survive?
> There is no "Henrik company".  Of course, there is a company that pays
> Henrik
> and Henrik is allowed to work on xymon.  But if Henrik stops developing
> xymon, somebody will step in (I'm willing to do) and start developing.  Why?
>
> Because the product is too good to let it die.
>
>> As an aside I ran across a free product yesterday (don't remember what)
>> that would sell
>> a commercial license , that was basically a disclaimed for commpany that
>> just HAD to
>> have commercial licenses.   Might not be a bad idea Henrik?
> Selling a commercial license means nothing.  I'm willing to sell you a
> license
> so you can use xymon and as a bonus, I give you the source code for free!
> The problem with commercial licenses is that if you sell a license, you are
> expected to deliver also support.  And one person alone can not do this.
>
>
> Stef
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