Hi, This is my first post to this list, although I have been “lurking” for some weeks/months now. Ever since I discovered the Red5 project, we boot-kicked Flash Media Server and started working with Red5 without any problems. Only thing that I missed was the administrator panel where I can see how many people are online, but as I read the docs I also saw that this is something that is in development. If I read it right ☺
Anyway, to my question. I saw Wowza mentioned here and decided to take a look at their site. I just got curious as to what others had to offer (as if I am planning to switch to any other flash streaming server, yeah right ☺ ) and what their prices are. Although FMS is ridiculous in their license program (to be able to offer unlimited connections and unlimited bandwidth you’d need to be owner of Microsoft I suppose) Wowza isn’t cheap either. With prices at 5000$ for an unlimited license. Don’t get me wrong, those people probably have invested a lot of money in their project and need to get some money back. It just is a lot of money. Although, all things considered still way cheaper then FMS by Adobe. That made me wonder; when Red5 is finished, will it remain open source and free of charge? (except for the voluntary contribution to the project of course) Or will there be a license fee at some point? And if there are plans to put a license fee on Red5, are there any views on the costs of such a license? Just wondering. Cheers, Alex. Jozef vandenBroek Productions B.V. Prins Hendriklaan 21 5707CJ Helmond T: +31(0)492 539 523 F: +31(0)492 535 983 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.jozef.nl _______________________________________________ Red5 mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/red5_osflash.org
