Re: commercial support for openldap

[David Obadia <dobadia@aurora-linux.com>]

On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 04:44:55PM +0200, Joerg Henner wrote:
> On Sam, 23 Sep 2000, Ben Collins wrote:
> 
> > > i was wondering if there is any commercial group that offers support
> > > contracts for openldap.  i'm interested in using at work but management
> > > may not buy off on it if there isn't commercial support available from
> > > someone.
> >
> >IMO, your management needs to realize the significant differences in
> >commercial software, in which commercial support is a requirement, and
> >open source software, in which support from the developers is far better.
> >I mean, if you go the way of Netscape Directory server for example, would
> >you ever get to talk to the people who actually write the code? Would you
> >ever be able to apply fixes on your own? Would you ever get a legitimate
> >bug fixed within a few hours, days, or even weeks?
> 
> Well, many managements dont want to communicate to "hackers" (eg.
> developers) *grin* ... they might wanna more get in contact to firms who
> offers support also in an justice/jugdement way ...
> 
> Hope you understand what i try to say...
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Joerg Henner.

Hi, I work for Aurora (http://www.aurora-linux.com/). We do provide
OpenLDAP based solutions, if you are interested, please contact me at
dobadia@aurora-linux.com. 

Regards,

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