[Xymon] Xymon vs Solarwinds

[ulric at siag.nu]

 On Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:41:50 -0500, T.J. Yang wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Gore, David W (David) 
> <david.gore at verizon.com> wrote:

>> I would think anyone that anyone that uses buyware should have a 
>> strong argument on why the buyware is worth the cost and better than 
>> the opensource solution.
>
> As I won my case by cost plus freedom factor, please be careful you
> need to let your management know by doing xymon(or any other
> opensource), in-house resource need to be allocated to support xymon.
> The support responsibility range from writing scripts, understand
> xymon , resolving bugs, compile/packaging xymon ... etc.

 A common argument in favor of buyware, especially the really expensive 
 "enterprise" stuff, is that the cost of licenses will somehow be offset 
 by reduced personnel costs. It never works out that way, but by then the 
 money has already been spent and for some reason it seems like less of a 
 waste to keep using the system regardless of technical aspects.

 It is really hard to argue against this particular argument. "This will 
 save money!" sounds very convincing to non-technical types, while "No, 
 it won't" doesn't.

 Ulric