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<font size=3>Arnaud,<br>
I know this may be contentious, but what benefit does
Schneider gain from supporting the NUT software? Does Schneider intend to
sell UPS control software? If so the NUT software may be in direct
competition. If not, they may not consider the cost worth it for a 'few'
linux machines, as they may be looking at much bigger environment, ie
'Windoze servers', or current mainstream unix data centres. Is the
Schneider market considerably different from APC, ie did APC aim at small
offices/ homes etc?<br><br>
I am happy to send a mail to the suggestions box, but as I don't have one
of these UPSs I am not sure how much clout I will have saying they should
continue to pay for supporting rivals equipment.<br><br>
Regards<br>
Jon<br><br>
At 02:15 10/03/2007, Arnaud Quette wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">thank you Frédéric for such a
support mail,<br><br>
2007/3/2, Frédéric Massot <frederic@juliana-multimedia.com>:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Hi,<br><br>
Perhaps as you know it Schneider Electric acquired APC, which
involves<br>
the combination of APC and MGE.
<a href="http://www.apc-mge.com/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.apc-mge.com</a><br><br>
MGE is an important contributor for NUT with for example Arnaud
Quette,<br>
it's does not that the MGE strategy for the free software is stopped
by<br>
Schneider Electric or APC.<br><br>
It is the good moment to make pressure on Schneider Electric, MGE
and<br>
APC to support the NUT project. You can send an email at this
address<br>
"suggestions@APC-MGE.com" to ask the free software strategy and
for the<br>
support of the NUT project.<br><br>
It should be made that APC supports really the NUT project and the
free<br>
software. :o)</blockquote><br>
I'm astonished that nobody has discussed this _important_ point.<br><br>
The MGE + APC merger represent the biggest manufacturer in the
domain,<br>
far away from its followers (powerware, liebert, ...)<br><br>
The more support from the Community, by mailing to the above
address,<br>
the more chance to keep MGE support and get APC one.<br><br>
Arnaud<br>
-- <br>
Linux / Unix Expert - MGE UPS SYSTEMS - R&D Dpt<br>
Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader -
<a href="http://www.networkupstools.org/" eudora="autourl">
http://www.networkupstools.org/</a><br>
Debian Developer -
<a href="http://people.debian.org/~aquette/" eudora="autourl">
http://people.debian.org/~aquette/</a><br>
OpenSource Developer -
<a href="http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/" eudora="autourl">
http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/</a><br><br>
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