Thanks guys for all your input. Truly if you knew how much hard work and dedication that went into this product this would not be an issue, but that is our pain.

If we gave it all for free then how to pay for development? Do we charge a yearly fee like Openfiler does?

So for DSS you pay the same as OpenFiler for 16TB support only - $1500 or more yearly but no upgrade costs. If that is the case then - COUNT ME IN we would make more money as DSS is less then this one time cost that is too low in comparison to the free products.

Ok I was dreaming too much..... But I think I may push for this business plan .

I think symm and jason and rykerlee made some good points as they are from the enterprise side of things and the others are from a different side of the spectrum that also make a good point as well.

In a world of sw evolution no one will have the perfect answer and we will have to end this here and now and move onto more technical questions for others.

Thanks guys for all your input - PRO's or CON's