Great ideas all! Another site I would add to the list to take a look at is http://www.opennms.org/. They have been successful providing an open source product for over 10 years now. I was involved early on in the project and still know a few of the people there that continue to run the project. If anyone has any questions for them I am sure I could arrange a meeting. Just let me know.
Regards, Robert On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:55 AM, Matthew Mundell <matthew.mund...@greenbone.net> wrote: >> > > I think a page linked from the main page like "Professional Support", >> > > "Supporters" or "Sponsors" is more appropriate. >> >> we have it (Professional Support). It is not understood or it is not >> prominent enough. >> >> > I would have to concur. Jan can you take a look at how projects such as >> > Postgres, KDE etc handle this. PostgreSQL model is very similar to OpenVAS >> > from what I understand. >> >> PostgreSQL is different in several aspects though it is comparable in some >> other ways. >> >> BTW: Analog to PostgreSQL we should add "The worlds most advanced Open Souce >> vulnerability scanner" >> to the head of our Homepage, shouldn't we? >> >> What would be your approach then to confirm vistitors that OpenVAS >> is not a spare time programmer efford? In one minute of reading >> at the latest it must be clear to them. > > First, how about putting it in the intro paragraph? Something like: > > OpenVAS is a comprehensive and powerful vulnerability scanning and > management > solution. > > OpenVAS is a joint effort of community developers and professional > organisations. > > The OpenVAS solution is a framework of several services and tools. > The actual > security scanner is accompanied with a daily updated feed of Network > Vulnerability > Tests (NVTs), over 18.000 in total (as of August 2010). > > All OpenVAS products are Free Software. Most are licensed under the > GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). > > with "professional organisations" linking to the Professional Services > page. "community developers" and "professional organisations" could even > be bold. > > Second, how about a prominent link on the top right of the main page, like > "Professional User?" or "Looking for professional support?" with a yellow > background? This would link to the Professional Services page. Admittedly > is smells a bit of advertising. > > I think reducing the number of items in the menu bar will help > Professional Services stand out too, like you suggested with > Information/Howtos. Even Professional Services could be moved out of the > User Support block into a block of its own (where the heading of the block > is Professional Services and this heading links to the services page). > > Thirdly, how about the companies offering services introduce their own > OpenVAS pages, like an "OpenVAS at Greenbone" page on the Greenbone site. > Professional users might find these pages comforting. > > Maybe even a whole separate professional.openvas.org or pro.openvas.org > with an entirely professional focus? > > Lastly, it's shallow, but I imagine that the slicker and more organised the > entire site and project is, the more people will think that the project is > professional. > > >> I do not intend to impose the company logos but I do care about the >> rapid take up of OpenVAS of power users of which many have a commercial >> background. The more we have of these the easier it is to keep alive >> and grow the OpenVAS project. As Free Software under GNU GPL and without >> a strategy to go proprietary as Nessus did! > > I guess that personally I'd be OK with having the company logos on the > Professional Support page. It might make it easier for people to read that > page. > > It's great that the commercial side is committed to Free Software. I must > note though, that we're heading to a situation where Greenbone owns most of > the code. This gives Greenbone and any future owner of Greenbone the > option of switching to proprietary development of that code. > _______________________________________________ > Openvas-devel mailing list > Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org > http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel > -- Robert Berkowitz 919.244.5704 robert.berkow...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Openvas-devel mailing list Openvas-devel@wald.intevation.org http://lists.wald.intevation.org/mailman/listinfo/openvas-devel
