Re: commercial support for openldap

[Ben Collins <bcollins@debian.org>]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 11:22:01AM -0700, Adam Shand 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?

You might want to try a different approach :)

Ben

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