Pablo,

> I see that 1.4.10 is currently in CVS but not available for download from
> the freevsd.org site?  What is the reason for this?

..

> I came to this project for 3 reasons:
> 1. It provides a great solution that our company can use for commercial
> purposes.
> 2. It is open source GPL and freely available.
> 3. If we really need it, we can hire Idaya for services and products.
>
> It seems that #2 is being manipulated slightly.  Of course I may be
> completely off here. It's just an impression.


I raised a similar concern, and was assured me that Idaya are still very much
Open Source (for example, new features from the commercial version will be
filtered to the GPL version).

The idea behind the setup CD is great, but not of much use if one has dedicated
servers located in a data center on the other side of the globe (we are based in
South Africa, and some of our servers are located in Texas).   I hope that the
team will keep that in mind.  And that other mechanisms of distributing the
admin/client programs will be put in place.  I cannot see that we'll use the
download version on the servers, and then pay $149 just for the client
programs.  

I was quite thrilled after enrolling in their EAP, but the feeling was somewhat
dampered after receiving 3 e-mails promoting the new CD, with a phone call from
a sales person to boot!  

One can understand that Idaya wants to profit from their investment/sponsorship
in freeSVD, but let's hope they never forget that the success of the product is
closely tied to the Open Source movement.  

rgrds,

Johan

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