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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I really like this discussion. Seems that a lot of competitors becoming scared about the features of Proxmox VE and free software in general.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Also telling that solutions like Hyper-V are “free” or “much cheaper” is quite amusing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Martin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> pve-user-bounces@pve.proxmox.com [mailto:pve-user-bounces@pve.proxmox.com]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>obj@jltechinc.com<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Montag, 10. Oktober 2011 19:47<br>
<b>To:</b> Dietmar Maurer<br>
<b>Cc:</b> pve-user@pve.proxmox.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [PVE-User] I thought Proxmox VE was free?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Courier New"">I totally Dietmar,
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However, you're preaching to the choir, we all here KNOW this great product is free, and we have donated $$ to help further the development.<br>
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I think many of those guys on Spiceworks are heavily invested in VMware and Hyper-V. When we mention Proxmox, they can't wrap their heads around the fact that such a product can be free, so they do their best to twist every bit of logical reasoning they can.<br>
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<a href="http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/155115-proxmox-ve">http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/155115-proxmox-ve</a><br>
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If someone could just add one single statement on the subscription page, this will all go away, and you will see a spike in the downloading of Proxmox VE and possibly the Mail gateway.<br>
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-J<br>
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Dietmar Maurer said the following on 10/10/2011 01:36 PM: <o:p></o:p></p>
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<pre>What they are alluding to on Spiceworks is that the cost of Proxmox VE as being<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>free is not prominent enough to warrant belief.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>Here is what the overall sentiment is:<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>"...the wiki is written by volunteers or not kept up to date. <o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>That is complete nonsense. We monitor and update the wiki.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>The only place that I<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>can find to download ProxMox VE says that you have to check the support site<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>to deploy and the support site says that you must be licensed. "<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre><o:p> </o:p></pre>
<pre>'sotware license' and 'support' are different things.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Maybe a few wording changes on the subscription page, to restate that<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>"Proxmox is completely free to use." since that is the page they are referring to.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>Proxmox VE is licensed under GPL/AGPL. That is one of the most used software licenses.<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Please read the license carefully instead.<o:p></o:p></pre>
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<pre>- Dietmar<o:p></o:p></pre>
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