I'm a firefighter and we have a lot time off. So I help out with the other
firefighters. They have small businesses and I install Linux Servers. They
seem to like Webmin. I have one firefighter that runs a small pool clean
business and needs a small PBX.(3 lines) Anyways, its just easyer on me to
show them how to make changes on webmin.

David


> Webmin modules are usually written in perl but there is always the
> possibility that the perl invokes some compiled binaries. I would always
> ask if 100% source is included. Otherwise you can end up paying for
> something that someday prevents you from upgrading the overall linux
> system.
>
> Don't forget that looking at proprietary source code can put you in a
> position where your contributions to open source might be challenged.
> They might falsely accuse you of "borrowing" from the proprietary code
> you saw. It can get complicated. Ask me to work on proprietary software
> for your senseless widget manufacturing plant and I will give you a
> great deal. Ask me to work on proprietary software for something I am
> really interested in like voip and I will ask you to compensate me for
> every day that the non-disclosure and do-not-compete clauses are in
> effect. I guess I'm poor but free.
>
> I have thought about writing a free * webmin module. It would definitely
> have to use the * remote management features. Reason for that is maybe I
> don't want webmin(and many other things) running on a busy * server. You
> can always have webmin available on the server for maintainance needs
> but not started at boot time. The rest of the time you use webmin and
> the * module on another machine to manage various * servers. You can use
> stunnel to encrypt management traffic to remote servers. Take a really
> good look at Jamie Cameron's webmin and you will see that it was
> designed with this type of need in mind. You could use a single webmin
> server to manage a building with dozens of networked servers. He already
> put lots of tools in the toolbox for the module developer.
>
> Anyway, I would agree with Henry for my own situation. But maybe you
> would quickly get your $300 worth because you want to have a
> cross-trained pbx management team. Or maybe you can get a good price on
> this and bundle it with systems you sell. The screen shots on the
> website didn't tell me enough to make me salivate over it.
>
> --
> Paul
>
> Henry Devito wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
>>>
>>[mailto:asterisk-users->[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>
>>
>>>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 9:28 AM
>>>To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
>>>Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Webmin Module for Asterisk (and thirdlane)
>>>
>>>Henry Devito wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>www.thirdlane.com <http://www.thirdlane.com>  has already written a
>>>>close dsource webmin module.  I have no idea how much it costs or how
>>>>well it works.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>I've attempted to contact thirdlane to get pricing on their GUI and
>>>can't seem to get anyone to reply.
>>>
>>>My personal feeling is that if it's closed source, the support better be
>>>excellent. And if I can't get a reply to a sales question.. What's going
>>>to happen when I have a problem?
>>>
>>>Ek!
>>>-Brett
>>>
>>>
>>
>>I could not agree more.  Last time a new the gui was $300 US.  I emailed
>> a
>>sales person about 2 months ago and that was his response.  I never
>>purchased it for the simple reason that I didn't need it.  Once you learn
>>the command line it seems just as easy to edit config files that way.
>>
>>Have a good day
>>Henry
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