I really hope no one was thinking I was complaining about the price. I know for certain at least once I've stated that I have no problem with the version split and understand the need for funding when it comes to development.
For what Observium does, it's cheaply priced. I'm happy to admit that. I've even suggested on this list that I might buy it for a year out of my own pocket.
If you want to say I was complaining about anything, say I complained about a lack of certain (possibly limited to my environment) features when compared to a different product I'm already using for free (admittedly largely homegrown) and the concern that if I wanted to contribute code to add those features, it might be all for naught since I'd be working off of dated source.
I can't justify asking the university to pay for it *at this time* because it doesn't do some key things (and I've discussed those with Tom) that the system I have in place does.
However, it is still such a strong product, and does things we could make use of, that we're still looking at it as something we could develop into something that could replace our current system. It's probably what we'd go with if we didn't already have something in place.
I stumbled across Observium and installed a test system less than a week before finding out that it was going to have a pay version. I wasn't even aware that you had done a kickstarter. I'm simply bummed by the timing.
On 10/9/2013 6:29 AM, Adam Armstrong wrote:
On 2013-10-09 07:43, Gerwin Krist wrote:
Hi,
IMHO when you use billing you earn money, so I understand why it's in the commercial version :-) Anyways how big is the "money" issue? I only see a small amount of people complaining about the price.
I'm not sure. We priced it on purpose low enough that realistically no one could complain that it was expensive without looking like a dick.
But still, they do... :)
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