On 6/11/07, Mike McGrath mmcgrath@redhat.com wrote:
Flatfender wrote:
There's no GPL version yet, but one may be in the works. I still don't really understand the difference if we donate an appliance versus someone else donating a switch or load balancer, etc.
I'll keep you posted if we the decision goes through for a GPL release.
Its mostly just viability. I'm not aware of any great open source switches. And as far as load balancing goes much of it is done with mod_proxy_balancer these days and is included with apache. Seriously though, we do appreciate the offer.
-Mike
OK, viability point is valid and taken. Switch/Load balancer might have been a poorer argument. But to me an appliance in my mind is a distinguishing factor over just offering a software solution. It would be more equivalent to saying you'd have to give up your Netapp disk space. Isn't that just a big disk appliance that's donated?
I won't belabor the argument any more :)
Matt