Re: RADIUS 2? (fwd)

System Administrator (cosmo@olywa.net)
Sun, 22 Sep 1996 08:37:08 +0000

"brian" [MegaZone] =BF Said (about Livingston's Radius 2.0):

> We're tired of doing all the development work and then having other
> companies take our work and build on it. Look at how other companies li=
ke
> Ascend took 1.16 and made is a basis for their server. We put a lot of
> time into 2.0 and developing things like menuing which no other server h=
as
> and we're not willing to just give that away to competitors. The licens=
e
> is very open where the users are concerned, there really isn't a differe=
nce
> where Livingston users are concerned.

So, you didn't MEAN to license 1.16 for other people to use and
build on? You are tired of "doing all the development work and
then having other companies take our work and build on it?" Are you
tired of making money yet? With an attitude like that, you won't be
making it for long.

> It is bad enough that other companies are hyping RADIUS as the
> greatest thing to come along for comm servers - and conveniently
> forgetting to mention it isn't their invention.

You mean you DIDN'T expect, or intend for Radius to become an
industry standard? You want to develop "proprietary" solutions that
no one else can use or build on instead? Is this what you're saying?
I certainly don't want to misunderstand you. Is this OFFICIAL
Livingston policy?

Jay Stewart
Vice President
Olympia Networking Services - "Olympia's Premier Internet Access"
Phone (360) 753.3636 Fax (360) 357.6160 http://www.olywa.net/