> If the software is only run on one box, im talking the main program that > controls the servers, then why should I pay a license fee for the drone > boxes that the program just creates an account and loads a game dir from > a skel dir to the clients home dir and sets it up.
So you want to pay $150 one time to control any number of machines for the rest of your life, free? If we were to do that GameCP would quickly go out of business, the maximum we could make from every client is $150, we would need thousands of clients every year to stay in business, sounds like a bad idea unless you want another EXO. The master machine is simple a one-stop control center for all your machines, the slave machines are just as important as the master and give you all the control you need. In my opinion they are worth the same. > The way he has it set > up I would have to at least purchase 2 licenses to try the product > reasonably. One for the webserver to run the prog and another for my > server box. GameCP is designed to allow you to easily run games on the server its hosted from, the frontend uses little to no resources and will not affect your games in any way. If your issue is the ability to test then you can simply install the software onto a game machine or install games to your web machine for testing, not a big deal to me or any client we have who tested it out this way. > The default license should provide at least the ability to > use the scripts on 1 or 2 server boxes. Then provide extra server > licenses at a reduced rate. I know you like making money, hell I do too > lol, but theres a point you reach where your just ripping people off. Like above if we did this GameCP would be closed. We are in this business to make money, we are also in this business to last as long as my life is, a good 70 more years, by charging a flat fee based on machine [and nothing else] we make more money up front and more money in the long run, something we need as a fairly new software company. > But $150 for the main prog and 2 server licenses then extra server > licenses at $50-100 a year or something. You might actually sell the > program to more people like me who run smaller co's. As for me, We do sell a lot to 'smaller' companys like yourself, about half of our clients run less then 5 machines, they have had no complaints paying up to $150 per machine, its well worth their investment. > I can do > the skel dir things manually and create an account for a customer in > about 10-15 min including changing their cfgs. Jailshell and give em ssh > and teach em how to restart the server. Not as secure as what you have > but its free and it works. 10-15mins, GameCP does it in 15 SECONDS, after the order form is finished it will automatically setup the user after they order, you wont ever have to setup a game server again, you cant do that by hand. GameCP illiminates the need for a user to have ssh or ftp. While both are fully supported [it even comes with a nice shell script to stop, start, restart and query your server] they are not required, this saves you time from training 'newb' clients on the 'basic' ssh stuff, I found while running a GSP for nearly 3 years that training all new clients on how to login to ssh, even ftp, became very annoying, providing custom documentation I made myself didn't even help, they still came to me with basic questions on how to do stuff. GameCP illimiates all of this hassle as it manages nearly every aspect of the server the client needs to use. > Someone else also provided a link to a free > cp from sourceforge too. Hey if your happy with a free one, one you made or some other panel then you don't need GameCP, no problem, not a big deal to me. I know there are other panels out there and several free ones. They do nothing like GamecP and never will, you can't get something for free like GameCP. Some of our main competition charges either $8 per game server or $25 per machine, were talking hundreds of dollers a month for even a small company [5 servers or so], in a few months you could have owned GameCP even with paying for each machine you host. I've gone on to long. Thanks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of GameCP.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Re: Web based server administration > > > Ripoff my ass, but whatever. > > >> Well thats a rip then lol. hahaha >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >> GameCP.com Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 3:24 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [hlds_linux] Re: Web based server administration >> >> >> 5x150, its $150 per machine no matter what you do. >> >> >>> Is that $150 per master or slave? Like $150 for 1 master that can >>> control 4 slaves? or would that be 5x$150? lol >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 12:42 AM >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Re: Web based server administration >>> >>> >>>> Please note: I am NOT an employee of GameCP.com. I am just a VERY >>>> VERY SATISFIED customer! >>> >>> >>> Thanks Jeff :) >>> >>> I was wondering where these hits were comming from ;) >>> >>> www.GameCP.com has no broken images [that I've ever seen], there is 1 >>> php error that doesnt matter and I simply havent cared to fix it. >>> >>> Rock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> You do not need any web-server on the 'slave' machines [game boxes], >>> you simply need ssh and the GameCP backend scripts [bash scripts] and >>> it will fully manage the machine. The 'slave' machines do not talk to >>> the 'master' to help aid in security, other panels out there require >>> web-servers on their game boxes, what a joke. >>> >>> Jeremy Brooking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> "And for $150 per machine... theyre obviously a bunch of people >>> praying on the stupidity of others." >>> >>> Stupidy of others? Do you own EXO? Do you know someone who purchased >>> EXO? Talk about stupidty. >>> >>> $150 is a one time fee per machine. This includes FREE updates tons >>> of free support and one amazing program. >>> >>> GameCP is unlike ANY control panel. You will never see a panel that >>> is as advanced as GameCP nor that has all the functionality GameCP >>> offers, let alone one has the security and speed our panel does. >>> >>> We are the FIRST to support CS:Source [and currently the ONLY panel >>> that does]. You can automatically install a CS:Source server on any >>> machine you have and have it running in less then 15 seconds! Oh my >>> :) >>> >>> Thanks :) >>> >>> >>> ------------------------ >>> - William Bowman >>> - GameCP Developer >>> - www.gamecp.com >>> - irc.gamecp.com #help >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>> archives, please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> >> ------------------------ >> - William Bowman >> - GameCP Developer >> - www.gamecp.com >> - irc.gamecp.com #help >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > ------------------------ > - William Bowman > - GameCP Developer > - www.gamecp.com > - irc.gamecp.com #help > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux ------------------------ - William Bowman - GameCP Developer - www.gamecp.com - irc.gamecp.com #help _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
