--- On Thu, 9/8/11, William Hay <[email protected]> wrote: > We had Fritz Ferstl in yesterday to explain Univa's > commercial offering and what they offer over and > above the common core.
So what really is offered by Univa that is not in open source? (Not criticizing Univa's open core, but it is never clear what is open source and what is not.) > Fritz also explained that contrary to our > experience Grid engine is really > buggy, unstable and hard to debug so we really need a > support contract with them:) 1) So "UGE Wins Hands Down", doesn't it? :-D http://www.univa.com/products/grid-engine-comparison And I *really like* this row in the table: Feature UGE Open Source Oracle GE -------------------------------------------------------- Qualification vs. Certified None Compatible Existing Binaries compatible as of Today So everything is working in the world - as of today. I am alive - as of today. And the "Target Markets for Upcoming Features" section seems interesting too -- not sure why Univa can speak for Oracle for upcoming features!? 2) And Free Grid Engine isn't Free? http://www.wheregridenginelives.com/content/free-isnt-free-0 "Univa guarantees continuity with respect to quality, reliability, legal protections and technology evolution. Free versions of Grid Engine can no longer live up to those standards." Seriously, I think this kind of marketing practices remind me of those from Platform -- google "LSF vs its Closest Competitor" and "some comments overheard by Platform Computing rep" for details. -Ron P.S. thanks for bringing disclosing this William, or else we (as a community) wouldn't know what kind of FUD the open source world is facing. > Does anyone want to sing the praises and explain the > advantage of the > various other variants of Grid engine out there > (Univa's open core, Oracle Grid Engine, Open Grid > Scheduler, the Love > child variant or even using some linux distro > which includes an SGE variant)? > > > > William > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > [email protected] > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users > _______________________________________________ users mailing list [email protected] https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
