Yesterday I spoke to two journalists about the MonitoringForge site. The intentions and ambitions to present all open source monitoring options in a single location with a professional community working together was pretty well received.
What was interesting was the skepticism that commercial entities will participate, encouraging a shared community and ultimately development. It’s commonly done amongst pure open source project developers, as it’s not hard to find a developer that has contributed to several projects. But historically, companies are less willing to participate in a similar accord.
The last few days we’ve been reaching out and formally inviting many companies to post their projects and pointing to their own development sites. And, I hope they do eventually as MonitoringForge is a rising tide that all open source monitoring projects and companies can benefit from - ultimately sinking proprietary alternatives.
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September 11th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
Hi Tara,
I have to admit that I share(d) some of that skepticism you mentioned. It’s not often that a company contacts you (developer) out of the blue to:
1. Mention they’ve included your projects on their website.
2. Invite you to become a community member.
3. Inform you of said brand new community.
In this modern world where the Internet is filled with “Web-2.0-SEO-throw-around-keywords-get-attention-fast” schemes ™ I think it’s healthy to show a bit of skepticism
Some people may also fear that you’re trying to steal NagExch’s crown.
Just give it a bit of time, because that’s what it’s going to take. Good luck with the site!
Thomas Sluyter
the Netherlands