This was posted in reply to our post
A Common Weakness in all Identity Management Products", but not OpenLDAP:
It is interesting to see how a thread on how identity provisioning tools and their lack of true interoperability with Active Directory gets twisted into a discussion on the merits of OpenLDAP. What is interesting is that the comparison is solely technical and doesn't provide any rationale related to how much it would cost to maintain OpenLDAP vs ADAM[?].
Hmmm, the
Symas paper we referenced does indeed discuss the cost to maintain OpenLDAP on
pages 6 and 7 of the paper
You will also notice mention of one and only one Fortune enterprise that uses it as their primary directory service. Of course, the mentioned company is in the consulting business so this isn't surprising. Maybe the mention of a bank or retailer in the Fortune ranks is in order. I suspect the economics nor the customer base simply aren't their...
It's more to do with the fact both
Suretec and
Symas aren't allowed to say. Have a look at
Key Relationships or again, contact either
Suretec or
Symas.
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