Because their support currently sucks. Use the forums where other people looking for support might be able to help you. If you use emails, you get messages back like "sorry I was out sick I'll look at it today". 3 days later you get a similiar message. Call on the phone, after 2-3 hours on hold for the next avaialble representative you give up.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Solar Winds *used* to be very good, but I haven't worked with their > products (aside from their free subnet calculator, which is really > handy) in a very long time. > > Why the hate? > > I have an ancient version of Kiwi Syslog that's still running and > doing its job very well - cost was ~$99.00 back in 2002 or 2003, IIRC. > > These day's I'd probably stand up a FreeBSD box and put rsyslog or > syslog-ng on it, along with a bunch of monitoring tools. > > Kurt > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 09:02, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I generally prefer(red) Kiwi Syslog for a variety of reasons, but I > despise SolarWinds. > > BTW, the free version of Kiwi does log rotation too... > > > > ASB > > http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker > > Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 11:46 AM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> Anyone have a preference for Kiwi Syslog (the paid version since it does > >> log rotations) or Syslog Watcher? Curious, thanks. > >> > >> J > >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to [email protected] > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
