Guys, can I make a simple suggestion to sustain this product long term? Sentora is a great product and there isn't anything out there free and unique like Sentora. There are a few that come close but nothing as well built. In order to provide enough funds to keep the project going and add higher level features to compete with other products and surpass other offerings, have you guys considered either charing for support subscriptions or enhanced features?
I personally have no problem either paying for support or an advanced version if that means more development and more features faster. Let's be honest here and admit that development hasn't progressed as fast as everyone would like - and this is no one's fault - it is just reality. If you had paid dedicated team of developers, this would go much faster correct?
Also, if you look at the marketplace, there isn't much that is as simple as Sentora that comes close to competing with CPANEL. The reason CPANEL is so advanced feature wise is because it has a team of paid dedicated developers. I personally will have no issues either paying a yearly subscription to use the product or to pay for advanced features. The reality is that very few people are going to volunteer donate or pay for support if it's free because let's face it - people are cheap aholes.
Let's face reality here - everyone has bills to pay and time is money so why not find a way to raise money to increase development speed and features? I am sure most of us would not mind paying a small yearly fee or something along those lines to help support the product as long as you don't get into complex and annoying product keys or complex registration processes.
I rarely need any support because I am so technical and can pretty much figure everything out so a paid support account has very little appeal to me personally. However, if you told me that if I paid for a higher level feature rich version, I would do it in a heartbeat if that meant getting more features faster.
For example, I would love to see features where the end user can very easily manage applications and WordPress installations since WordPress is so popular. The market needs something between free and completely commercial. You guys could fill the void of being the open source product with a paid feature rich version.
John
I personally have no problem either paying for support or an advanced version if that means more development and more features faster. Let's be honest here and admit that development hasn't progressed as fast as everyone would like - and this is no one's fault - it is just reality. If you had paid dedicated team of developers, this would go much faster correct?
Also, if you look at the marketplace, there isn't much that is as simple as Sentora that comes close to competing with CPANEL. The reason CPANEL is so advanced feature wise is because it has a team of paid dedicated developers. I personally will have no issues either paying a yearly subscription to use the product or to pay for advanced features. The reality is that very few people are going to volunteer donate or pay for support if it's free because let's face it - people are cheap aholes.
Let's face reality here - everyone has bills to pay and time is money so why not find a way to raise money to increase development speed and features? I am sure most of us would not mind paying a small yearly fee or something along those lines to help support the product as long as you don't get into complex and annoying product keys or complex registration processes.
I rarely need any support because I am so technical and can pretty much figure everything out so a paid support account has very little appeal to me personally. However, if you told me that if I paid for a higher level feature rich version, I would do it in a heartbeat if that meant getting more features faster.
For example, I would love to see features where the end user can very easily manage applications and WordPress installations since WordPress is so popular. The market needs something between free and completely commercial. You guys could fill the void of being the open source product with a paid feature rich version.
John
