Hi Stephen Thanks for the indication that there is some hope that 'Even Load Strategy' could one day become free.
However, I can't imagine what a supporting business case might be. What business case did you make for 'Credentials'? David From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stephen Connolly Sent: 26 September 2012 09:38 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 'Even Load Strategy' Plugin On 26 September 2012 09:12, David Aldrich <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thanks for the clarification. It would be nice if there was some initiative to produce an open-source plugin with similar functionality. But I guess that will not come from CloudBees. Well we do like to push our plugins "down the stack" *when it makes sense*. So for example the Folders plugin started off life as a Paid plugin, it is now Free (closed source). The Credentials plugin started off life as being Paid functionality that was to be an enhancement to the Folders plugin. In the end, however, I was able to make a good business case that that specific plugin should be Free (open source). [My only gripe is that no paying customer has pestered us to integrate the Credentials plugin into the Subversion and Git plugins... if enough of them pester Product Management then I get to work on that during work hours and not just my spare time (current spare time < none) ;-) ] If we (the cloudbees developers) can make a good business case for a plugin being made Free (open source), then my experience shows that our management is responsive. I cannot currently see such a business case for the Even Load plugin. But that does not mean that such a business case cannot be made! -Stephen Best regards David Click here<https://www.mailcontrol.com/sr/Mfqx7NlpG77TndxI!oX7UqpuQnERN3F7f6K8Q70G2jw3hqNB03PI5t6h+WiQQnPqcaNoLX7YznKELIeSJhirLg==> to report this email as spam.
