Re: bugscan operations shut down

[Matt Hargett <matt () use net>]

Dave Aitel wrote:
> That's weird - how far were you guys from profitability? Seems like a 
> good idea to do Bugscan 2.0 on Mono. Was Mono giving you any problems? 
> Any post-company-ideas to share with us?

Before the acquisition, we were profitable.

Mono works when it works, let me put it that way. Once we started 
building a relationship with Novell, bugs got fixed more quickly. In the 
beginning, though, they pushed back really hard even on fundamental bugs 
that affected any real application and ultimately had 3-5 line fixes. 
Even so, I would recommend mono for use in most situations. I would just 
get what they call a 'mono kickstart' package where you get support 
incidents, etc. Doing it without that, even if you are a Novell partner, 
can be slow/frustrating. Overall it was a great idea to use mono and it 
really paid off to be using mono/Linux on our appliance.

No ideas to share at this time, no. Maybe in a month or two :)