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KR
Rafiu Fakunle
Openfiler Project
Mansour Alghamdi wrote:
> The community needs to know the "services offered by a subscription
> account" to be able to estimate the value!
>
> Thank you,
> MA
>
> On 5/29/06, Rafiu Fakunle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Maurizio,
>>
>> Thanks for your comments.
>>
>> > I agree with David: tough question.
>> >
>>
>> ;)
>> > Take my case: I've been following the OF mailing list for a
couple of
>> > months for the main reason of learning how the product is evolving,
>> how
>> > mature it is and how it's used in production environment.
>> >
>> > The (very small) company where I work would benefit from a product
>> like
>> > this, but this is just not the right time to get started on such a
>> > project (too busy with other things).
>> >
>> Gotcha. Maybe we can sell you installation services ;)
>>
>> > Eventually I'll give it a try, test it and then propose it as a
>> solution
>> > to my boss.
>> >
>> > Bottom line: if I can freely fiddle and experiment with OF I'll
>> > eventually manage to get to the point where I can tell my boss this
>> is a
>> > viable solution for our needs.
>> Sure thing. We're not proposing a situation that would prevent
this. OF
>> will continue to be freely available. Only folks that require the
>> services offered by a subscription account need sign-up.
>>
>> > At that point, I have no idea how much he
>> > will be willing to pay for it.
>> Think about how much money using Openfiler will save you, then divide
>> that number by two and write a cheque for the amount (hehe).
>>
>> > Sure enough I won't be using the iSCSI
>> > part for quite a while.
>> >
>> > Hope this can help you figure out how to support this great
project. I
>> > will be more than happy to "donate" some money to support it
(once I
>> > start using it, that is :).
>> >
>>
>> Yes thanks. Maybe you can put a dollar figure on that "donation" you
>> intend to make when you start using it. Just so we can throw it in
the
>> mix with what others are suggesting.
>>
>>
>> Thanks again for your comments.
>>
>>
>> KR,
>>
>> Rafiu Fakunle
>> Openfiler Project
>>
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: David Touitou [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Monday, 29 May, 2006 08:54
>> > To: Rafiu Fakunle
>> > Cc: [email protected]
>> > Subject: Re: [OF-users] What would you pay for Openfiler?
>> >
>> > Rafiu, you know this is a though one...
>> >
>> > Asking people how much they are ready to pay for OpenFiler (you can
>> > replace this by any other opensource initiative/project) is _very_
>> > difficult, as you'll always have some stating "hey, this is
>> opensource,
>> > it should be free"...
>> >
>> > Anyway, even if I'm ready to pay for OpenFiler, I have no clue how
>> much
>> > I'm ready to pay per year (or single shot or other).
>> >
>> > Would it be possible for you (either technically possible but
also, if
>> > you feel like it) to propose different levels of subscription (with
>> > "license keys") ?
>> > I would sugggest :
>> > . free for people who want to use OpenFiler as just a filer
>> usable by
>> > http or ftp (or local users)
>> > . a subscription for people who want to join an existing
>> domain/AD or
>> > use OpenFiler as their PDC (2.1 or 2.2 if I understood
>> correctly ?)
>> > . a subscription for people willing to do iSCSI
>> >
>> > This would allow people who want to "discover" OpenFiler to
>> discover it
>> > and people using it in "business" usage to pay for it.
>> >
>> > I guess 99USD per year sounds nice (even 199 USD per year).
>> >
>> > David.
>> >
>> > --
>> > A: Yes.
>> > >Q: Are you sure?
>> > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>> > >>>Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?
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