Below is a great discussion starter
by Todd. Posting here to to make sure folks on this newsgroup have
the chance to respond as well.
Cheers, Tom
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[aperi-dev] Adoption of Aperi...
Hello All,
This post is intended to stimulate some open, candid discussion about the
adoption of Aperi. This is especially important as we head into 2008
- we need to make sure that, as a community, we are adding value to Aperi
in such a way to help drive adoption. So please chime in with your
thoughts and incites.
What does Aperi need to be in order to add value to your organization?
This is the fundamental question that needs to answered by all members
of the community. Does Aperi need to be a competitive end-user product
for IT storage administrators? Does it need to gain a strong end-user
following like Nagios and Apache did (producing demand from customers)?
Does Aperi need to be a collection of easily consumed components?
If so, what does 'easily consumable' mean for you? Does Aperi
need to focus more on SAN simulation (or other support tools) and less
on a real-time management application? Is your organization interested
in adopting the entire code base, rebranding it, and selling it as a commercial
offering?
Answering these questions will help us focus our efforts and ensure that
Aperi produces value for participating members.
What has your experience done for your organization so far? Have
you attempted to adopt Aperi? Have you attempted to use Aperi? If
so, what were your first impressions? Did your experience help or
hurt?
The download, install, and run process has been painful for many for a
number of reasons (many of them legal). However, this experience
continues to improve and should be much less painful with the upcoming
builds and releases. However, do share your thoughts.
What does 'adoption' mean for your organization?
Aperi has several cool features (topology viewer, discovery, reporting,
etc.). However, we know that cool does not equal useful and free
does not equal valuable. So what would be substantially useful and
valuable to your organization - enough to drive adoption? Do share.
Todd Singleton
Software Engineer, Tivoli, IBM
Menlo Park, CA
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