Bug#361253: ITP: zenoss -- Zenoss is a powerful, integrated, easy-to-use IT infrastructure monitoring software product.

[Matthew Palmer <mpalmer@debian.org>]

On Fri, Apr 07, 2006 at 03:01:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote:
> * Package name    : zenoss
>   Version         : x.y.z

I doubt it.

>   Description     : Zenoss is a powerful, integrated, easy-to-use IT infrastructure monitoring software product.

1) Repeats the package name
2) Way too long
3) Spends most of it's time blowing it's own trumpet instead of telling us
	what it actually is

Description: infrastructure monitoring tool

would be far better.

> Zenoss provides a compelling alternative to:
> * low-end commerical monitoring tools that provide limited 
> functionality and scaleability (e.g What's Up Gold...)
> * high-end commercial packages that are notoriously expensive and 
> complicated (e.g. IBM Tivoli, BMC Patrol, HP OpenView...)
> * building an integrated, scalable open source solution yourself by 
> pulling together many component projects

Instead of dumping on the competition, why not tell us what makes zenoss so
good?

- Matt