Nut upsuser - Feb 2014 - Formalizing the end of the relationship with Eaton

Dear NUT users,

The relationship with Eaton was in need of clarification for a long time,
which happened over the past weeks.This is now officially noted on the NUT
side, through moving Eaton from the "Main supporter" to
"Supporting UPS
manufacturer", rewording the content and putting a big warning [1].

Quoting these main changes:

"Eaton, has been the main NUT supporter in the past, between 2007 and 2011,
continuing MGE UPS SYSTEMS efforts.
...
The situation has evolved, and since 2011 Eaton does not support NUT
anymore.
This may still evolve in the future.
But for now, please do not consider anymore that buying Eaton products will
provide you with official support from Eaton, or a better level of device
support in NUT."

Considering that I'm still an Eaton employee, this blurry situation was one
of the main factors that kept me away from NUT for the past couple of years.
Not the only one, but I'm working on these points one after another.

You can expect to see me slowly starting to bother you all again in a soon
future ;)

Cheers,
Arnaud
--
[1] http://www.networkupstools.org/acknowledgements.html#Eaton
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On 15/02/14 19:56, Arnaud Quette wrote:
> Dear NUT users,
>
> The relationship with Eaton was in need of clarification for a long 
> time, which happened over the past weeks.This is now officially noted 
> on the NUT side, through moving Eaton from the "Main supporter"
to
> "Supporting UPS manufacturer", rewording the content and putting
a big
> warning [1].
>
> Quoting these main changes:
>
> "Eaton, has been the main NUT supporter in the past, between 2007 and 
> 2011, continuing MGE UPS SYSTEMS efforts.
> ...
> The situation has evolved, and since 2011 Eaton does not support NUT 
> anymore.
> This may still evolve in the future.
> But for now, please do not consider anymore that buying Eaton products 
> will provide you with official support from Eaton, or a better level 
> of device support in NUT."
>
> Considering that I'm still an Eaton employee, this blurry situation 
> was one of the main factors that kept me away from NUT for the past 
> couple of years.
> Not the only one, but I'm working on these points one after another.
>
> You can expect to see me slowly starting to bother you all again in a 
> soon future ;)
Aw, you never bothered :)  Thanks for the clarification, I've been 
unaware of that particular situation.  You must be relieved that this 
situation is becoming a bit clearer, and hopefully gives you the ability 
to pursue what you want to do!

Cheers,
Greg
>
> Cheers,
> Arnaud
> --
> [1] http://www.networkupstools.org/acknowledgements.html#Eaton
>
>
>
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2014-02-15 11:31 GMT+01:00 Greg Vickers <daehenoc at iinet.net.au>:
>  On 15/02/14 19:56, Arnaud Quette wrote:
>
>    Dear NUT users,
>
>  The relationship with Eaton was in need of clarification for a long time,
> which happened over the past weeks.This is now officially noted on the NUT
> side, through moving Eaton from the "Main supporter" to
"Supporting UPS
> manufacturer", rewording the content and putting a big warning [1].
>
> Quoting these main changes:
>
> "Eaton, has been the main NUT supporter in the past, between 2007 and
> 2011, continuing MGE UPS SYSTEMS efforts.
> ...
> The situation has evolved, and since 2011 Eaton does not support NUT
> anymore.
> This may still evolve in the future.
> But for now, please do not consider anymore that buying Eaton products
> will provide you with official support from Eaton, or a better level of
> device support in NUT."
>
>  Considering that I'm still an Eaton employee, this blurry situation
was
> one of the main factors that kept me away from NUT for the past couple of
> years.
>  Not the only one, but I'm working on these points one after another.
>
> You can expect to see me slowly starting to bother you all again in a soon
> future ;)
>
>
> Aw, you never bothered :)
>
thanks, too kind Greg ;)

> Thanks for the clarification, I've been unaware of that particular
> situation.
>
not that many people were...

> You must be relieved that this situation is becoming a bit clearer, and
> hopefully gives you the ability to pursue what you want to do!
>
as told, I've still to work out other points (the NUT Foundation being #1
now).
but it already freed me a bit of soul to relaunch a few things.

cheers,
Arno
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