Re:Smoothwall (Score 1)

The slashdot community is quick to see underlying dodgy behaviour by company, and /. is the place where we voice our concerns. Any company publishing GPLed software (etc) would be crazy to outright ignore said concerns. It makes me smile when things change because the voice of the masses is heard.

A few months ago we started a Smoothwall rollout primarily to secure a VPN between twelve sites across Australia. It's an awesome package. (Why? See below...)

After reading the article, /.comments and other references to Mr Morrell, I was quite perturbed by his general arrogance and self importance. So much that I wondered what the future would hold for Smoothwall.

Mr Morrell seemed to need reminding that it is his choice to spend his time/effort/funds in this project. With the right attitude, that will net an awful lot of respect from his peers and this community. I realise respect doesn't buy bread and milk, but that's a limitation of free software - inherently. Given that he seems to have such a problem with newbies asking dumb questions, perhaps he should start a business selling support, like so many other free software projects...

As a side serve: Was it just me or did Jürgen Schmidt have it in for Morrell and proceed to take his aggression out on his review of Smoothwall? I hate when that happens.

below:
Bootable CD, 20Mb iso
Intuitive web interface with embedded help
Pretty damn good hardware support
Web cache
Remote admin
Support for ISDN, Cable modem & modem
A most excellent array of acronyms to boot! (VPN, DHCP, DNS, DMZ, ID)