I'm one of the recent converts from BB to mon. We use mon purely as a backend, way, way at the back -- there are several wrappers of other programs that mon alarms pass through before finally being displayed in an in-jhouse java-based interface.
After spending a couple of years hacking BB to do what I want (with nary a pang of programmer guilt, since the entire product seems to be built on succesive layers of hacks), it's a pleasure to finally work with an easily-configurable, easily-extensible, dirt-simple stable monitoring product that is designed to do just one thing very well. I've been able to convert a number of diehard BB aficionados in our company to mon. -- Scott Scott Prater Dpto. Sistemas [EMAIL PROTECTED] SERVICOM 2000 Av. Primado Reig, 189 entlo. 46020 Valencia - Spain Tel. (+34) 96 332 12 00 Fax. (+34) 96 332 12 01 www.servicom2000.com -----Mensaje original----- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Andrew Ryan Enviado el: martes, 04 de diciembre de 2001 0:57 Para: Jim Trocki CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Asunto: Re: mon.cgi demo site On Monday 03 December 2001 02:47 pm, Jim Trocki wrote: > rock. i'll add the link to the web page. i have a feeling that lots > of people pass right over mon and don't consider it something that > they should use merely because there are no fancy screenshots on the > web page. sadly, lots of people operate like that, but maybe in the > end that's better for us. i have a suspicion that not pushing fancy > graphics to the forefront attracts a particular set of people, and it > quells arguments about aesthetics :) That's true. Lack of a screenshot was actually a big turnoff for me when I first started using mon. But then again, the backend nastiness of BB and most of the others was an even bigger turnoff. Which isn't to say aesthetics aren't important, especially as system and network monitoring is integrated into other parts of a business, and with people that might not be very technical. I wonder if BB's new, non-free and *way* more confusing licensing is pushing anyone mon's way? BB is not free anymore if you use it to monitor servers which are 'revenue generating,' whatever that means. You can still use older versions under the previous license. andrew
