SP2 drove me to open source

Mr. Smith wrote:

All this said:

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And you moved on to linux... B.S.
Hi

The line "X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000" means that
the OP is using Microsoft's Web interface to post to this newsgroup,
so the OP can have very well used a Linux OS when posted here.


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And you moved on to linux... B.S.


Sorry, Bubba. I am at work and therefore posted from a WinXPPro box but I
used FF1.0 as my browser. My Penguin is at home.

Penguin -- what a good ol' chap he has been to me.
MS is soon to drive me to open source.

I want to run an IIS server with about 10-20 sites and I need a way to log
things such as traffic and bandwidth usage. Now that being said. I know I
can log using iis6 itself, but where is the reporting feature? Shouldn't
this be built in? Why isn't it?

Why must I look for 3rd party (pricy software such as) PLESK to do this for
me.



Oh sure. Some MCP would say "You could write one yourself". Thanks not an
acceptable answer or solution for my problem.



Perhaps Linux would be the next solution and open source reporting software
that could be found and use for free.

"Backup" wrote in message
...
Penguin -- what a good ol' chap he has been to me.
MS is soon to drive me to open source.

I want to run an IIS server with about 10-20 sites and I need a way to log
things such as traffic and bandwidth usage. Now that being said. I know I
can log using iis6 itself, but where is the reporting feature? Shouldn't
this be built in? Why isn't it?

Why must I look for 3rd party (pricy software such as) PLESK to do this
for me.



Oh sure. Some MCP would say "You could write one yourself". Thanks not an
acceptable answer or solution for my problem.



Perhaps Linux would be the next solution and open source reporting
software that could be found and use for free.


Why should software be free? Someone worked hard on it. If they choose to
release it with a open source license then that is up to them. If they
choose to sell it with a different license and get compensated for their
time that is also up to them. What OS it runs under has nothing to do with
it. Are you going to use this "free" software to generate revenue for
yourself? Very selfish attitude.

I use Linux and Windows in my business, whichever is best suited to what I
am doing at the time. I use open source software and other software that has
different licenses. If the software costs x dollars, that is part of the
cost of doing business. I can then a) pay for the software and build that
into my pricing b) come up with my own solution c) look for a less expensive
alternative. If I don't have the knowledge or time to do it myself why is
that Microsoft's or anyone else's fault.

Kerry