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<TD class=noro><B>Blackboard, Inc.</B><BR><B>Brent Ryan</B></TD>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Emmett Hogan
[mailto:EmmettH@Examen.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:12
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Brent Ryan<BR><B>Cc:</B>
nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Nagios-users]
Nagios Vs. Big Brother<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>The main reason we moved away from
Big Brother was the licensing changes.<BR>BB is free for NON-COMMERCIAL use
only.<BR>See: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="http://www.bb4.org/license.html">http://www.bb4.org/license.html</A> for
their licensing terms.<BR><BR>There is also the fundamental differences
between the way BB and Nagios monitor things. <BR><BR>Just my 2 cents.
:-)<BR><BR>-Emmett<BR><BR>Brent Ryan wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN class=803264319-09032005><FONT face=Arial size=2>I know there is
some obvious answers to this, but is there any documentation of pros/cons
for these monitoring applications?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=803264319-09032005><FONT face=Arial size=2>Why is nagios
better then Big Brother?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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