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Well, objectively, looking at that page or for example the grouper page (https://incommon.org/software/grouper/) I fail to get /exactly/ where grouper fits in, what it does and doesn’t do, and just generally why I would or wouldn’t choose it in my application.

Likely, busy people don’t spend a lot of time digging in to software that doesn’t effectively communicate clearly what it is, unless they know from a trusted colleague, friend, or other resource that the software/tool will be essential or a major win for them.

That’s a long-winded way to say “marketing” :)




I would have thought that in SCIM provisioning people would invest more time researching for existing projects.

Said that, I fully understand why people would not invest enough time to understand the Grouper environment, I going through it and feels like a punishment.

If someone wants to see the potential, check this list of known users and their use cases : https://spaces.at.internet2.edu/display/Grouper/Community+Co...


The front page says "the research and education system for IAM" ... that reads like it's not for production use and would turn me off immediately.




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