On 01/02/2008, Arnaud Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-02-01 at 09:05 +0000, Martin Ritchie wrote: > > On 01/02/2008, Arnaud Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Just my opinion, but I think that the combination of recommending JProbe > > > > as the 'preferred profiler' while only allowing 5 members of the project > > > > doesn't seem right. Using the project as a whole to get free licenses > > > > (of non-free software) for some seems to somehow detract from the sense > > > > of a united community. > > > > > > They are saying 5 as this is the number I had in mind when asked how > > > many programmers will need a license. We can ask them to unrestrict the > > > number of license and stands that any project member can request one. It > > > would definitely be more acceptable. > > > > > > Arnaud > > > > We should probably ask legal-discuss for guidance on points 2 & 3 as > > we would be marketing Apache as well as Apache Qpid. > > > > What does JProbe offer that JProfiler and YourKit don't? How many > > profilers do we need and how will saying that JProbe is the profiler > > of choice sit when we have acknowledgements to JProfiler and YourKit > > sitting along side on the acknowledgement page. > > That's a fair point. I personally was considering JProbe as I already > knew the product. I should confess that I haven't made a comparative > study. I got this offer from JProbe that we can obviously decline. > However, even if my current feeling is that JProfiler has all the > required features I would vote +1 for JProbe only because of laziness. > This being said I can of think that they are asking far too much. As I > said those guys are not open source minded.
Perhaps we can change their minds. I've been using YourKit and JProfiler over the last couple of days trying to get to the bottom of a problem... I might as well try JProbe if they have a trial period. If they can help me sort the problem then I will be +1-ing too. :) > > Arnaud are you in the process of making the ack page to put JProfiler on it? > > I have added JProfiler on an ack page: > http://cwiki.apache.org/qpid/acknowledgment.html > > I have the feeling that we should also add IntelliJ as some of us are > using a free license. Ah indeedy. I'd even forgotten I had the free license for 7. My paid up license worked in 5 and 6. -- Martin Ritchie
