I''m looking into the puppet consulting market. We''ve built up a bunch of puppet recipes and process to streamline our operations. I''m thinking... is there market/need for companies to help with setting up and managing puppet within their network? -L -- Larry Ludwig Empowering Media 1-866-792-0489 x600 Fully Managed VPSes http://www.hostcube.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Larry, I''m not sure you are aware, but this is precisely what Reductive Labs (and hence, Luke) does. I''m sure there is room for a variety of companies in this space going forward, but it might be in better taste to point people who have this need to Reductive Labs so that they don''t regret their decision to use an open-source business model. I really don''t mean to sound chastising, I just know when I first joined the community I had similar thoughts and didn''t realize that Reductive Labs was offering those services. --Paul On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Larry Ludwig <larrylud@gmail.com> wrote:> > I''m looking into the puppet consulting market. We''ve built up a bunch > of puppet recipes and process to streamline our operations. I''m > thinking... is there market/need for companies to help with setting up > and managing puppet within their network? > > -L > > -- > Larry Ludwig > Empowering Media > 1-866-792-0489 x600 > Fully Managed VPSes > http://www.hostcube.com/ > > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
> I really don''t mean to sound chastising, I just know when I first > joined the community I had similar thoughts and didn''t realize that > Reductive Labs was offering those services. >Yes just seeing how big/small the market is for it. So the basic gist I get from the marketplace, is there is some Puppet work out there but for the most part clients just "want it to work" and really don''t care of what technology you use. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
On Sep 20, 2008, at 1:05 PM, Larry Ludwig wrote:> > I''m looking into the puppet consulting market. We''ve built up a bunch > of puppet recipes and process to streamline our operations. I''m > thinking... is there market/need for companies to help with setting up > and managing puppet within their network?Just so we''re on the record here: It''s true that Reductive Labs survives on services and support around Puppet, and we use the money we make to fund the development time we spend on Puppet. However, we''d never want to attempt to claim the entire services market around Puppet. I think there''s plenty of room for other organizations, and we usually avoid long-term engagements because it draws us away from product development too much. If you''re helping the product and the community, then we''ll never feel slighted if you offer consulting services around Puppet (although we might be a bit tiffy if you started offering support). Where we''d start to get annoyed is if you offered services without contributing to the community in the form of code, documentation, or community support. And frankly, I''d find it questionable for someone to offer Puppet services without having a strong contributory role in the community. I''ve always wanted Puppet to be an ecosystem that''s larger than me or my company, and that requires others to have the ability to make their livings on Puppet, too. -- It''s a small world, but I wouldn''t want to paint it. -- Stephen Wright --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---