Oh, so that means I can pay you a few hundred for a copy of your software and put it on my own ESXi system and have absolutely zero further dependency on you specifically or the internet in general beyond if I eventually decide to pay for further updates right? I'll have total control over all my data?
Oh, it's just another subscription service 3rd party dependency lock-in thing? Oh.
Besides that it's also a personal story "I've been working on a competitor for a while and this is weirdly nicely timed".
A few months ago burtonator was under almost every article advertising his project ("Javascript? During the development of Polar Bookshelf (getpolarized.io) I have used Javascript!"), which I personally found a lot more annoying.
In the sea of close to 100% of pointless ads you quickly forget that they are actually supposed to make you aware of something you want. For many people in this thread that has probably succeeded.
This announcement couldn't have come at a crazier time...today I planned on announcing our intentions to enter the MDM product space.
Our MDM is meant to be a new fresh take on device management that puts end-users in the driver seat. It's user focused device management and we are applying everything we've learned from our security product to the management space.
https://blog.kolide.com/kolide-mdm-for-those-that-dont-need-...
If you are interested in trying out what we are releasing later this year, read the post, and get on the list https://www.kolide.com/mdm/