'Silver Salonen' wrote: >On Friday 05 November 2010 20:24:09 Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Bacula Systems does do funded development (only for customers) > >I'm sorry to drag out one sentence only, but this one caught my attention :) > >What do you mean by "only for customers" - I guess it's not what it >sounds like, but just to clarify: are there any features or functions >that are made available only to the customer funding development? I >guess you meant something else, right? > >BTW, I totally understand the idea of Bacula Systems and I also totally >agree with points about distinction of the enterprise/community >versions. The reasons I see that companies would pay for >backup-systems, are plugins for enterprise-class databases and >applications, but (as I have understood) there are currently none. If >it had some, I'd happily suggest my many customers to buy Bacula >Enterprise software, but justifying 1500 EUR technical support (which >is the only available licencing model currently, right?) to a company >who has its IT dept or a very competent IT service provider, is a bit >awkward..
I tend to disagree. Paying for tech support is much like purchasing an insurance, it is risk and time management. I work for a large IT company full of very smart people but we face the same problem as many other companies; we have lots of skills but very little time. Our Bacula support contract is not so much about buying knowledge or skills; it is about renting an extra set of hands that we can choose to activate if / when we need. >-- >Silver > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper >David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a >Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your >business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! >http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev >_______________________________________________ >Bacula-devel mailing list >Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel -- Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards Henrik Johansen hen...@scannet.dk Tlf. 75 53 35 00 ScanNet Group A/S ScanNet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-devel mailing list Bacula-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-devel
