Oops...not "Mark"..."TopCom" Sorry. >> Mike Burger wrote: >>>> TopCom 900 wrote: >>>>> Sorry for the off-topic but I think this might be interesing for all >>>>> the >>>>> sysadmins in here. >>>>> Pandora FMS is a monitoring software. It watches your systems and > applications, and allows you to know the status of any element of > those >>>>> systems (hardware, software, sensors, network equipment, etc). >>>> <snip> >>>> What does it offer that Nagios doesn't? >>> Who says it has to offer anything different? Isn't it enough that it's >>> an >>> option that sysadmins can investigate? >> <shakes head> >> A lot of admins, not to say companies, are conservative about this, and > nagios >> is in very common use. If they want folks to leave what works for them, > they >> need to offer a reason to change. > > Isn't that up to the admins to look, evaluate, and determine whether > there's a reason to change? > >>From what I read (looking at the site for the product), it's another > free/open source product, which is being offered. > > I didn't read anything that indicated that Mark was suggesting that anyone > move away from what they're using...only that there's a product out there > for sysadmins to take a look at, and decide for themselves if it's > something that they're interested in. > > If the original message had looked like Mark was trying to sell a product, > I'd be more inclined to agree with your questioning him, directly. Since > neither product is a sold product, at least in base form, then I would > think it's up to the admins in question to determine whether or not they > want to take the time to check it out, or to simply live with what they > have and move on. > > Of course, that could just be me. :-D > -- > Mike Burger > http://www.bubbanfriends.org > > Visit the Dog Pound II BBS > telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org > > To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: > > https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update > > or send a blank email message to: > > site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit: https://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update or send a blank email message to: site-update-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
