My view on the matter has always been this. Most people already know how to find Puppet (it's usually in their distribution already). This change might inconvenience people slightly, but it's not a big deal for the technically adept. The folks who aren't technically adept should use their distribution provided version or they ought to be buying PE.
PuppetLabs is a company that makes its money off of Puppet Enterprise. I see nothing wrong with them promoting it or making it the easiest download. They want new folks to see PE first, get it, love it, and not want to leave it. Making the Open Source version more prominently featured on their site doesn't help their business model. I feel that their business model is a good one, and good for everyone - companies that want a more bundled product with support can pay for a product that pays the salaries of developers who make the Open Source version better. Jeffrey. P.S. I don't use Puppet Enterprise. On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 10:42 AM, windowsrefund <windowsref...@gmail.com>wrote: > And yet, I haven't heard a single user say anything to the affect of > "please make us jump through additional hoops in order to download the Free > Software releases. In fact, this thread exists because users are speaking > out against the change made to the traditional download path. It would be > nice to see the site reverted back to the previous behavior. Believe me, > users who want PE will get it without having it pushed on them. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
