Mike Burger wrote: > Oops...not "Mark"..."TopCom" > > Sorry. > I was wondering.... mark >>> 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 >> > > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list