Blog entry about Big Brother
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't knowme, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happenedin the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping thecommunity going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!-- Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Thanks for sharing! Interesting world we live in =)
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Sean MacGuire <sean at maclawran.ca> wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
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This answers a lot of questions I've had for many years (I was the adopter of BB at my workplace, and subsequently Xymon). Thanks for your work and hope what comes next is more rewarding.
On 02/05/2012 10:46 PM, Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't knowme, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happenedin the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping thecommunity going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :) Take care guys!
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Wow! Great entry. I loved your product, And used it from 1998-2003 -- we had email exchanges about how to deal with ISP's and licensing, and you were incredibly reasonable. Sorry to hear about quest being so unceremonious about the dumping.
How is Rob doing? you guys keep in touch? He we a good guy too..
From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Sean MacGuire [sean at maclawran.ca] Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 10:46 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't knowme, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happenedin the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping thecommunity going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!-- Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
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On Sun, February 5, 2012 22:46, Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys! -- Sean MacGuire
Great to hear from you, Sean. I ran BB on hp-ux 7 back in the day and was on the old list. Thanks for a tool that let me spend time on architecture and projects instead of "making rounds" of my servers every day. Henrik has done a fantastic job of extending the functionality and making things scalable, but BB was the swiss army knife of its day.
I hope you find interesting and lucrative work. I suppose if things get tight, you can always rustle a chicken. ;)
On Mon, February 6, 2012 5:11 am, Xymon User in Richmond wrote:
On Sun, February 5, 2012 22:46, Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys! -- Sean MacGuire
Great to hear from you, Sean. I ran BB on hp-ux 7 back in the day and was on the old list. Thanks for a tool that let me spend time on architecture and projects instead of "making rounds" of my servers every day. Henrik has done a fantastic job of extending the functionality and making things scalable, but BB was the swiss army knife of its day.
I still remember being introduced to BB one day by the grizzled Academic Computing admin at SDSU back in '98 when I was working as a tech in one of the labs. He was was using it to monitor various University Computer Operations boxes, and I ended up writing a classic Mac OS scriptlet to report in the AppleShare IP servers we were responsible for too.
Been a promoter of BB, and then Henrik's re-implementation, at every ISP, managed server company, and production installation I've been at since. It's fast, simple, shows what admins care about, and hides what we don't.
Thanks for everything you've done! It's sad to see (and confirm) what Qwest did, but I'm glad you've been able to take it well.
Regards,
Japheth "J.C." Cleaver
Quest not Qwest, different companies!
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM, <cleaver at terabithia.org> wrote:
On Mon, February 6, 2012 5:11 am, Xymon User in Richmond wrote:
On Sun, February 5, 2012 22:46, Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys! -- Sean MacGuire
Great to hear from you, Sean. I ran BB on hp-ux 7 back in the day and was on the old list. Thanks for a tool that let me spend time on architecture and projects instead of "making rounds" of my servers every day. Henrik has done a fantastic job of extending the functionality and making things scalable, but BB was the swiss army knife of its day.
I still remember being introduced to BB one day by the grizzled Academic Computing admin at SDSU back in '98 when I was working as a tech in one of the labs. He was was using it to monitor various University Computer Operations boxes, and I ended up writing a classic Mac OS scriptlet to report in the AppleShare IP servers we were responsible for too.
Been a promoter of BB, and then Henrik's re-implementation, at every ISP, managed server company, and production installation I've been at since. It's fast, simple, shows what admins care about, and hides what we don't.
Thanks for everything you've done! It's sad to see (and confirm) what Qwest did, but I'm glad you've been able to take it well.
Regards,
Japheth "J.C." Cleaver
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
On Mon, February 6, 2012 9:31 am, Josh Luthman wrote:
Quest not Qwest, different companies!
Yikes... quite! My mistake :)
-jc
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:16 PM, <cleaver at terabithia.org> wrote:
On Sun, February 5, 2012 22:46, Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
Thanks for everything you've done! It's sad to see (and confirm) what Qwest did, but I'm glad you've been able to take it well.
I still remember being introduced to BB one day by the grizzled Academic Computing admin at SDSU back in '98 when I was working as a tech in one of the labs. He was was using it to monitor various University Computer Operations boxes, and I ended up writing a classic Mac OS scriptlet to report in the AppleShare IP servers we were responsible for too.
Been a promoter of BB, and then Henrik's re-implementation, at every ISP, managed server company, and production installation I've been at since. It's fast, simple, shows what admins care about, and hides what we don't.
Thanks for everything you've done! It's sad to see (and confirm) what Qwest did, but I'm glad you've been able to take it well.
Regards,
Japheth "J.C." Cleaver
What strikes me is the longevity of everyone here. Japheth the tech in '98... now the grizzed admin himself 14 years later.
Peace Brothers!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Hey Sean, welcome back from the darkside. I stated using BB in 99, and have stayed with the open source ver all the way through. You and Henrik should get together for a beer....
Larry Sherman RBS Global Banking & Markets Office: +1 203 897 2515 | Mobile: +1 203 253 4017
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Sean MacGuire Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 10:46 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
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Hell why don't we all meet up at Capt Tony's? I got the first round!
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Henrik Størner Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 10:44 AM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother
On 06-02-2012 15:01, Larry.Sherman at rbs.com wrote:
You and Henrik should get together for a beer....
As a matter of fact, we've been discussing just that :-))
Regards, Henrik
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Yes thank you!!!
Your program saved me too many times to count when I was a solo admin, and now here in this bigger shop it was the mainstay of our operations until we migrated to xymon. Which, I note, we were able to do painlessly because of your foresight and modular design. And of course Hendrik's well-thought out developments. Thank you too, Hendrik!
Hope your next venture is a fulfilling one. It would be terrific to have your experience in this community.
thanks Betsy
Sean,
Great to see you on the list! I have also been using Big Brother from the beginning added bbgen then migrated to Hobbit and now Xymon. Added Big Brother monitoring as a tool of choice to several past and present jobs that I have had over the years. I remember a time when your thoughts helped me push support for using Big Brother while I was in the Air Force (this was before Quest). Great times! The Big Brother "Keep it Simple" approach has been well maintained in Xymon thanks to Hendrik and you for setting up a great foundation to grow on. Thank you!
Good luck in the future and hope to see you get involved with Xymon.
BTW your resume at http://root.sh is a hoot. It will make for a good cover letter :)
Bill
-----Original Message----- From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Schwartz Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 11:58 AM To: Sean MacGuire Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother
Yes thank you!!!
Your program saved me too many times to count when I was a solo admin, and now here in this bigger shop it was the mainstay of our operations until we migrated to xymon. Which, I note, we were able to do painlessly because of your foresight and modular design. And of course Hendrik's well-thought out developments. Thank you too, Hendrik!
Hope your next venture is a fulfilling one. It would be terrific to have your experience in this community.
thanks Betsy
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Bill Richardson wrote:
Sean,
Great to see you on the list! I have also been using Big Brother from the beginning added bbgen then migrated to Hobbit and now Xymon. Added Big Brother monitoring as a tool of choice to several past and present jobs that I have had over the years. I remember a time when your thoughts helped me push support for using Big Brother while I was in the Air Force (this was before Quest). Great times! The Big Brother "Keep it Simple" approach has been well maintained in Xymon thanks to Hendrik and you for setting up a great foundation to grow on. Thank you!
Good luck in the future and hope to see you get involved with Xymon.
BTW your resume at http://root.sh is a hoot. It will make for a good cover letter :)
The HR drone will freak out over http://root.sh, might take 'em a while to hit the button.
It's been great to hear such nice things from everyone and glad I've had a chance to mention some of the stuff I couldn't for a while.
And it would be cool to (finally) meet Henrik, down here in FL!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
On Tue, February 7, 2012 01:21, Sean MacGuire wrote:
And it would be cool to (finally) meet Henrik, down here in FL!
I think that would be a wonderful idea. I just sent kr50 to henrik-paypal(at)hswn.dk in aid of that, and encourage others to do likewise.
I did DKK on a whim, conversion of that amount cost about a nickel. Henrik might actually prefer dollars or euros.
Sean it is good to see you here. We are still using BB and will soon convert to xymon
On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:05 PM, "Sean MacGuire" <sean at maclawran.ca> wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
Sean,
I looked at your resume and it is very impressive to say the least. I am more than willing to submit it to ATT if you like. I do not know if you are willing to relocate, but if you are interested please let me know.
The other thing that you mentioned is that you worked on BB for the cloud, I see that Quest has a service now called onDemand which is very cheap compared to GFI, labtech and the like.
I was thinking of putting together this type of service for Xymon. It is a very big market for MSPs and could be very lucrative to say the least. What Xymon is missing which the other ones have are remote control functionality, anti-virus, etc. But, I think this could be added. It might be a nice market to go far. If Xymon can offer this type of service and charge much less than the other ones, I am sure it will be a bigger hit then it is now.
-----Original Message----- From: LOZOVSKY, DANIEL L Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 9:40 AM To: Sean MacGuire Cc: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Blog entry about Big Brother
Sean it is good to see you here. We are still using BB and will soon convert to xymon
On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:05 PM, "Sean MacGuire" <sean at maclawran.ca> wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!
Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
On Sunday 05 February 2012 22:46:26 Sean MacGuire wrote:
Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happened in the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping the community going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys! Hi,
Big thanx for writing the original BigBrother code. I too started with BigBrother and ended with 20+ xymon installation.
Stef
Hi Sean,
I've been starting working with BigBrother in 2001 and I followed up with Hobbit/Xymon.
This software is unique in flexibility and monitoring and helped a lot my daily job. What makes it so great about monitoring is its alarm management feature: displaying only what goes wrong (or might go wrong soon) and hiding what's running fine (because we don't care of what's running fine). I'm surprised to see other monitoring software still don't think monitoring this way: they keep displaying nice graphs in beautiful colors and important alarms are lost in flows of useless SNMP queries. Those tools are at best "statistics gathering" tools and I found no one reaching the level of BB/xymon.
You've been the one who got this smart idea of doing monitoring this way, the one to implement it and make it available worldwide. Thank you very very very much for that.
Good luck for the future and I'm confident you'll find your way. I hope it'll cross Xymon's way....
Cheers, Francois.
On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:46 PM, Sean MacGuire wrote:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't know me, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
Another one of your many fans -- my use of BB also dates back to near the beginning (can't even remember not having BB/Xymon not running somewhere!) One point I haven't seen mentioned was the inspired decision to make it easy to extend -- almost immediately I/we started writing little custom scripts to add features.
Richard Crane
Haskins Laboratories / (203) 865-6163 X 275 / FAX (203) 865-8963 300 George Street/New Haven, CT 06511
Thanks for posting and letting us know what's been up. Also, thanks for all your work on BB. I was introduced to and started using it in '99. As a consultant and an employee introduced it to a few places. You and Henrik have both made life easier for your fellow sys admins!
....Bruce
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Guys:
I'm no longer with Quest, and for those who don't knowme, I'm the guy that wrote the original Big Brother.
If you were an old brother, you can see what happenedin the blog entry here: http://blog.maclawran.ca/what-next
And a great big thanks to Henrik for keeping thecommunity going.
Ironic - I may end up having to use *your* software :)
Take care guys!-- Sean MacGuire sean at maclawran.ca
Key West +1 305 390 0888 The best way to predict the future is to invent it. - Alan Kay
Xymon mailing list Xymon at xymon.com http://lists.xymon.com/mailman/listinfo/xymon
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betsy.schwartz＠gmail.com
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bewhite＠fellowes.com
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cleaver＠terabithia.org
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dl1025＠att.com
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fclaire＠free.fr
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henrik＠hswn.dk
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hobbit＠epperson.homelinux.net
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josh＠imaginenetworksllc.com
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Larry.Sherman＠rbs.com
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novosirj＠umdnj.edu
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richard.crane＠haskins.yale.edu
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sanderson＠CORNETSER.com
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sean.clark＠twcable.com
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sean＠maclawran.ca
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stef.coene＠docum.org
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wrichardson＠llbean.com