On 26 September 2012 09:12, David Aldrich <david.aldr...@emea.nec.com>wrote:
> Thanks for the clarification. > > It would be nice if there was some initiative to produce an open-source > plugin with similar functionality. But I guess that will not come from > CloudBees. > > Well we do like to push our plugins "down the stack" *when it makes sense*. So for example the Folders plugin started off life as a Paid plugin, it is now Free (closed source). The Credentials plugin started off life as being Paid functionality that was to be an enhancement to the Folders plugin. In the end, however, I was able to make a good business case that that specific plugin should be Free (open source). [My only gripe is that no paying customer has pestered us to integrate the Credentials plugin into the Subversion and Git plugins... if enough of them pester Product Management then I get to work on that during work hours and not just my spare time (current spare time < none) ;-) ] If we (the cloudbees developers) can make a good business case for a plugin being made Free (open source), then my experience shows that our management is responsive. I cannot currently see such a business case for the Even Load plugin. But that does not mean that such a business case cannot be made! -Stephen > Best regards > > David > > >
