Re: DTC competition with ISPMAN

On Mar 24, 2005, at 2:37 PM, Peter Curran wrote:

> But ISPman should actually also play a major role in
> the other databases(Mysql, pgsql,Oracle, etc). Ispman
> should not leave the market free for the others.
>
> Remember, Mysql is widely used then Ldap, other
> databases. Ofcourse ldap is better but that not the
> point for most users.

No, nowhere as many apps can use mysql than ldap for directory info.  
PAM can, yes, but pam is slow and not on every system/app
LDAP is for user info and such, it replaces /etc/shadow and the like.  
MS's AD is based on it even.

> Unix is better the Microsoft but Microsoft makes more
> money (Bill Gate). The point here is were the maket is
> heading (popularity).
Actually the market has shifted. The market was sitting wherever the  
OEM's sat them, now they are learning and making a choice, away from MS.

> Funding is also very important; so would suggest that
> the programms have addon modules/Plugins that one
> should buy. The Core software should be may GPL?
Atif does commercial setups for a fee, as well as custom coding. Fee  
free to contract him to write some stuff. The problem is so many ppl  
use ispman in house and don't release the changes they make, because  
they are so custom and messy.

for the most part, only atif can write a module for ispman that is  
not avail unless you pay, that is the point of the GPL.

Step 1 is to clean the ispman core code up
Step 2 is to add a nice interface for backend and ui plugins
Step 3 is to add those plugins

If you're not a programmer, either pick up a book or hire someone  
that is. It's worth it if you are planning to try to make money using  
ispman. It works for what I need it to do, so I don't complain much,  
but just because it's GPL doesn't mean that everyone can yell to the  
wind to add features that they want. It's GPL so you are able to add  
a feature that you need. SF.net has a lot of programmers that might  
like a small job fixing an ispman module or 2 for cash.

</rant>

-chris zubrzycki
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