I don't see how you can expect automatic free updates since these require the bandwidth of the repository.
I think the following would be reasonable: FREE: -Any documentation that has been written should be free (this is a no-brainer unless you want to kill the project. It's already tough enough as it is not having any documentation for OF2, hence most of the seemingly "simple" questions on the "user" exploder.) -Anon access to S.F. CVS repository. -RPMs for all updates that are available to subscribers via auto-update published on S.F. For download and manual install. -3rd-party mailing list or user forums (this would be accomplished by the OF team campaigning for someone to begin a mailing list with a 3rd party such as yahoo groups, or some free forum provider, etc. and the OF team links to the site from the main OF home page for "user-supported help forum"... You get my drift. PAID ($10/yr) personal: -Same services as FREE plus the following: -Access to OF-provided auto-update repository. -Access to project-sponsored "developer" mailing list or forum which allows access directly with project team (much like the "developer" mailing list is now.) -Access to project-sponsored "user" list or forum which allows access directly with project team (much like this "user" mailing list is now. PAID ($199/yr) corporate: -Same services as "personal" plus the following: -Direct ticketed-support via email with OF team. -Emergency phone support at per-incident (billed after incident is resolved!) rate of $99/hr or less (at OF tech discretion) with cap of $700 unless agreed to more by corporate subscriber. I think that about covers it. Problem I see is that the corporate level of support isn't ready yet because the corporate-level product isn't quite ready yet but it's quickly getting there. Things missing before corporate adoption is really feasible: -Commandline interface (snapshot control, automated snapshot scheduling, automated published shares creation/modification/deletion, and rudimentary reporting. This is really the mimimum level of functionality required in the corporate world. We just bought an ONStor Bobcat 2240 to manage our storage but we could have easily used OF if it supported the above commandline functionality. -The resources within the "corporate" subscription tier outlined above. -About 6 months of proven usage within the "free" and "personal" subscription sectors above. Hope this helps! -=dave > From: Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 11:51:24 -0500 > To: Rafiu Fakunle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]>, NADAI MAURIZIO > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OF-users] Re: What would you pay for Openfiler? > > On Mon, 2006-05-29 at 06:13, Rafiu Fakunle wrote: >> 1) Automated updates >> 2) Documentation >> 3) Training >> 4) Developer forum access >> etc > > I probably wouldn't install it in production if automatic > updates aren't free along with access to the srpms of > the base install and updates. Different levels of > optional paid support would be fine though, including > an email level. It's hard to put a blanket price on > something that might be competing with a $200 (including > hardware) consumer level network disk or a $100,000 > NetApp or EMC array. > > By the way, do you have a list of the functional differences > from the base Centos version? That is, besides the install > and the web interface, what does openfiler change? > > -- > Les Mikesell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _______________________________________________ > Openfiler-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users > _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
