Is this thing on?

I've been using this product since the late 90's when it was called 
BigBrother, got sold to Quest, was rewritten as Hobbit, had to change 
it's name, and finally became Xymon. On one hand it's core tools just 
work and easily do what I need them to do.? On the other hand there's 
additional features that it doesn't handle easily that we need in modern 
environments.? In my opinion the competing products have gone overboard 
with 'additional features' and have bloated products that are missing 
basic things for the core tools. I have noticed Xymon getting stale for 
years now and had the idea in the back of my mind for my company to 
start maintaining it, but that seems like a large undertaking for an 
Open Source product I didn't create, and currently don't have the staff 
to do it justice.? I love the product and the community, but if no one 
will take on this challenge, it will sadly die.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/xymon/
What happened to JC and Henrik?? Life gets in the way I guess.

Thank You,
Kris Springer
Systems Admin
I/O Network Administration
user-a65af99e49c9@xymon.invalid
https://www.ionetworkadmin.com


On 8/14/23 10:58, Bruno Manzoni wrote:

Hellor Xymon Lovers I'm not a coder either, but I see there's quite a 
bit of brains out there (and I think if there are enough of us we can 
try to maintain and improve it). Perhaps the current officials could 
first tell us what their plans are and how we could help them. On our 
side, we can perhaps encourage them: it would be good to list what we 
can bring to the project, as some have done! - I try to maintain 
"devmon" (on the github repo) and some other xymon tool (I did try to 
understand how devmon is integrate to xymon, but I am not an expert in 
Xymon code) - I am a telecom engineer - I can give some some time - I 
am an independent and I have some infra to play with - Usually I speak 
swiss-french (so sorry for all my mistakes) Bruno
On 14.08.2023 18:36, James Louis wrote:

Is the Terabithia RPM also dead?

Jim

On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:03?AM Scot Kreienkamp 
<user-9678697f1438@xymon.invalid> wrote:

    I would be OK with contributing some as well?. But that?s not
    what Xymon needs. Xymon needs caretaker(s) to keep it relevant.?
    That means code updates to fix bugs, adapt it to new OS versions,
    etc.? Otherwise it will fade away to obscurity like many other
    open source projects.? I?m not a coder either, or I would gladly
    give some time to it.

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    *From:* Rod <user-626df9d20e67@xymon.invalid>
    *Sent:* Monday, August 14, 2023 10:56 AM
    *To:* Ralph M <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid>
    *Cc:* Scot Kreienkamp <user-9678697f1438@xymon.invalid>; xymon >>
    xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
    *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Is this thing on?

    I would like to continue the legacy. I'm not a developer but I'm
    willing to pay for hosting space and the domain name to keep it
    going for as long as I'm alive. Its kept me employed for a long time.

    On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 10:32?AM Ralph M
    <user-00a5e44c48c0@xymon.invalid> wrote:

        I've been using Xymon at several different?employers since it
        was BigBrother owned by a couple of guys in Canada.? My
        current Senior VP wants Xymon to go away.? He hasn't actually
        told me that directly, but I've heard it via another
        channel.? We have SolarWinds on some machines, but I've never
        even seen the GUI for that.? We're also distributing Oracle
        Enterprise Manager (OEM) to a bunch of machines.? I don't
        know for sure, but I suspect a contracting company is
        whispering in my SVP's ear to sell support for OEM.? In the
        meantime, my Xymon server has 878 days uptime and they're
        still trying to figure out how to install and configure the
        OEM agents.? It's going to be tons of fun watching them try
        to replace all the little scripts I've written with OEM
        equivalents.

        @Cristoph - I don't know if I can use stunnel.? It's a
        military-related company and there are all kinds of
        restrictions that sometimes even make sense.

        Ralph Mitchell

        On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 9:41?AM Scot Kreienkamp
        <user-9678697f1438@xymon.invalid> wrote:

            No new release since 2019, no activity on the mailing
            list, I think it?s safe to say it?s flatlined.? Sad to
            see it fade, I?ve been using it for a decade or more.

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            *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of
            *Neil Simmonds
            *Sent:* Monday, August 14, 2023 5:29 AM
            *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
            *Subject:* Re: [Xymon] Is this thing on?

            Is Xymon dying? No new release since 2019, There was a
            roadmap in 2015 that mention Versions 4.4 up to 5 but
            nothing seems to have moved on that.

            It feels like Xymon has become a static project that?s
            going to fade away. That would be a shame as I for one
            think it?s a great tool.

            *From:* Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> *On Behalf Of
            *Galen Johnson
            *Sent:* Sunday, August 13, 2023 3:01 AM
            *To:* xymon >> xymon at xymon.com <xymon at xymon.com>
            *Subject:* [Xymon] Is this thing on?

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