[OpenAFS] AFS, MIT Krb5, W2k

[Charles McIntyre]

This ends up to be a chicken and egg problem.  I would love to have the 
funding to be able to pay someone f/t or p/t to help our department with 
development, but we don't have that kind of money.  I could also propose to 
the higher-ups that we need a support contract for OpenAFS.  But I need to 
show proof of concept before I get the funding.  It seems to me that if 
there was an aklog easily available (read: no developer needed) that would 
work with ADS/MIT Kerberos setups, admins like myself would be able to 
promote the use of OpenAFS (read: buy support contract or hire developer) 
much more widely.

Additionally, I am more than willing to learn how to compile this code for 
our purposes.  Any pointers?

Thanks!

Charles





At 01:05 PM 4/19/2002, Ken Hornstein wrote:
> >I'm not sure, I guess that's why I'm asking questions about it.  Are you
> >suggesting that it's not a good idea to use open-source products if we
> >don't have someone on staff that understands the source?
>
>Well, shoot.  This is a bit philosophical, but I would say that ...
>yes, it's probably not the best idea to use open source products if you
>can't fix or adjust them to your site (that's assuming you're not
>paying someone for support).  I'm not talking a development "staff" ...
>we just have a few guys here, for example, and I understand that's
>typical.  From your description, it sounded like you don't have anyone
>there who can compile anything.  It sounds like you guys would be
>better off just using a commercial solution, or paying someone for
>OpenAFS support.
>
>--Ken