<font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="verdana, sans-serif">Dear Alan Levin</font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#333333" face="verdana, sans-serif"><br>
</font><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Alan Levin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:alan@isoc.org.za">alan@isoc.org.za</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Hi,<br>
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Hope you're all well. Sorry for my quietness on this list, ISOC-ZA has been quiet as most users AND ISPs in SA are struggling to deal with Internet freedom in SA. Next month we will see a 1Gbps (fibre ring based) connection to businesses in the city for only $400 p.m, this is a reduction of ±98% on pricing only 3 years ago.<br>
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Just a quick note to report that previous requests in this regard have not been resolved. I understand that some issues cannot be fixed at this point as they will cost too much. I believe that the 'new' AMS is more crippled than the previous and was wondering if there is the 'open-source' effort as previously suggested?.<br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>I participated in the AMS working group that provided all the inputs necessary for the committee that took its decision soon afterwards. While the working group was in session, I sought external opinion, as from <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/databases/TCH_ITS_DBS/233725-17150723?browseIdx=17&sik=1302634093618&goback=.amq">http://www.linkedin.com/answers/technology/information-technology/databases/TCH_ITS_DBS/233725-17150723?browseIdx=17&sik=1302634093618&goback=.amq</a> which generated quite a few responses. There are several open source solutions, but probably it was decided not to opt for a open source only solution due to perception of difficulties in migrating the earlier proprietary system. I don't know.</div>
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Sabrina wrote:<br>
> I can re-assure you that my colleagues from the AMS team work very hard and try to fullfill all the requests that come in. However, one size never fits all and we need to balance the needs and requirements of the majority. Not an easy job and it can leave disappointment for some. You probably know this from your own projects.<br>
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I think this is a poor response to the essential components and as suggested by Sivasubramanian:<br>
> In my communication to the ams support in the support thread I have also pointed out that these are basic features that a good software designer must have foreseen as required and must have built in as default features.