wow thanks for the program

This is great. I'm setting up my server now. This is just what I was needing. Thanks GAOTD..

I have the previous version. When I run Apache, I will use that one if I need it.

I am waiting for games to come back.

This program is very poorly optimized. After waiting for load the log, any action you select the program load AGAIN de info.
Also have very limited options for filtering and sorting the info.

For me, is not worth for the $15 this cost

As a person who tries to survive on disability payments, I am always grateful for things that are given to me freely without hidden agendas. I am thankful for this site whether it offers me something that I want or not. I am thankful for this site because it has allowed me to learn many things that I would have had no opportunity to learn otherwise. With what I have learned, I have been able to teach others who aren't loaded with money. I have also been able to contribute to the entertainment and enjoyment of others because of this site.

It only takes a moment to check and see what software is being offered today. If it isn't something that I want, I simply move on. I don't understand why people put so much effort into complaining about the software offerings. Do you really think that it makes you look good? Since I only have a vague idea of an apache server is, I don't need this software but I will be back tomorrow to see what is offered then. I will be thankful for this site whether I choose to download the software or not.

Okay......Here are the REAL facts re legality of free software (designated for non-commercial use) being used commercially. There are several essential ingredients which are necessary to complete a legal and binding contract. One of these essential elements is the exchange of 'valuable consideration'(i.e. anything of value...1 cent would suffice).
The publisher fulfills their end by supplying software as valuable consideration BUT because it is free the user gives nothing of value in return. Consequently, no legal contract is formed (it is merely an agreement) and any restrictions stipulated by the publisher are unenforceable. This is not the case with 'paid for' software however, because you pay $$$ for it, valuable consideration has been exchanged and a legally binding contract has been entered into, inclusive of any restrictions of use.

Hope that helps clarify the situation......JIMBO

I'm a little confused, people...
Even if your web server runs on Unix/Linux, what stops you from downloading your logs from there and running this program on your Windows system? ;>
Or even, I bet that W.I.N.E. could run this program without a problem - Windows need not even be involved. So there :>

As for the comment of this being for 'power users' - Yeah, it is. So? As several people here have commented, the variety is a nice thing. I've seen PLENTY of applications (and games, on GGaotD) that I wasn't interested in. I simply didn't download them. And yet, even in those cases, the only comments I made were to help people, even if I didn't try out the programs myself.
Also, if you don't need the software, don't comment. Developers aren't interested in knowing whether or not their software applies to you: Obviously, if it isn't useful to you, you're not their target. They want to know how they can improve the software for their target market. Simple.

I'll repeat this piece of advice for the benefit of everyone:
If you don't like the software being offered here, register on the forum and post a link to the software titles you'd like to see being given here. That's all it takes. Eventually, it'll show up here - trust me. (The only thing that would stop that from happening is if it's an unreasonable request, like Microsoft products.)

#19 said:

deleted!? who is this censor? free site? i don’t think so

There are moderators on all sites you go to, whether you like it or not. It's their responsibility to make sure the site remains clean. Please remember that your presence here is a privilege, not a right.

#24 has a good point on open source software, but that's not the point here, sadly. Business often run on a very, very strange way of seeing things: If it's free, it's no good, but keep the costs as low as possible even if it makes us look bad if we got exposed.
This has always confused me.

Quigs (#31) - Perhaps because the products here aren't as big, mature and/or well-known as other software you know or use. That doesn't mean, however, that all titles here are beta tests or incomplete titles. Developers need to know what to fix, add or change to their programs so that people will actually find it useful and buy it; Without comments from others, how else would they know? Guess?
And yes, it's possible there are beta programs that show up here - I'm not going to deny that. However, just because they may be (or are) beta programs doesn't mean you should snub them - they may grow to be very useful programs in the future, and may be less expensive than paid alternatives and more powerful than free alternatives, Do you want to deny yourself that possibility?

I wonder just how many people will actually download and use this software? I mean for the average user, does it have a use?

this would probally be a great program for a business. but since businesses cant use this program free from GAOTD, it's useless, for the average joe!
I'm really starting to look forward to the weekend offerings here lately!
Thanks anyway, but NO thanks!

Hey guys at GAOTD. (I noticed that you made an appearance).

Just to congratulate you on your patience and ability to control your words. (Steaming comes to mind).

Most users are actually grateful for your efforts and many make no comments.

Goes to show that 'empty cans make the most noise', eh?

And thanks, BTW.

Thanks for the free software...

but there has only been 1 game out of the last 10 downloads...

I understand the vacation but weren't we supposed to get 2 games on the weekends...

Works great. Thanks! Best program in a long time!

Here's another useless comment...

Seems I see a pattern in reviews on this site. Most comments made within 5 hours of release time lean towards being negative and completely uninformative. Those that come after breakfast, better yet after lunch, seem to be better written and more informed.

Thanks GAOTD team! Please keep up the great work you are doing in finding so many programs for us for free. We know they can't all be gems, but there are enough that come damn darn close!

#52: Yes it is ridiculous that anyone would try to resell software priced at $14 retail. What would they get on ebay? 5 cents?

The point is just because you can get away with something doesn't make it legal. Even you should be able to see that.

No one is forcing you to come to this web site. You don't like the rules? Move on.

I wonder if there has been a scientific study about the connection between intelligence and an inability to recognize satirical or "tongue in cheek" humor.

And...I wonder about the connection between people who enjoy whining about something that is given free, and is completely optional - no one typed giveawayoftheday.com into your browsers! - and the people whose idea of fun is to run down animals in the road.

#48 and others:

This debate is silly and doesn't belong on the comments for this software. However, I'll be bad and continue it...

First of all, at least in the US (and probably most other countries), it must be the copyright holder themselves that can pursue a claim of copyright infringement. GAOTD would have no basis whatsoever for pursuing an infringement or terms. You do not enter into a contract with GAOTD when you download or use this software. You do accept a license agreement with the vendor themselves of the software.

So first, only the vendor can pursue a claim, not GAOTD.

Second, if the vendor isn't specifying in their license agreement that you accept any restricted use of their software, then they obviously have no basis to even make a claim in the first place.

Third, like #40 said, just posting words on a website, README file, or even a license agreement doesn't mean that it's the law. If you don't believe that, then you obviously do not know what you're talking about. Simple example, I could put "in order to use this software, you must drive over the speed limit".

The intent of GAOTD is clear, they don't want this to be resold, or suddenly have a large corporation deploy this across their enterprise for free. However, just because they desire something, doesn't mean it's law.

Of course, the only way to be 100% certain is to actually get a judge to rule on a case. That costs a lot of money, and you need to show that you incurred some damages.

Most of the comments on here are from people who have no idea what they're talking about though, so this is the last I'll post as well.

Thanks GAOTD

This is great programm, saves time. I once tried to read all access logs and was frustrated. This is great piece of software.

You all rate it bad just because you don't like it, because it has no function for you..

I agree mightily with #25. A two tiered voting system could be helpful - if its results were acted upon. "Can we use it?" as a category one vote with a second category covering the "quality of the program".

I install and try approximately 50% of the software provided here. Almost always I know ahead of time if the program is going to be of personal use for me. I am not quite sure of the criteria that I use to select the programs that I try. Sometimes it is just the challenge of installing the program and having fun playing with it for a while. I keep very few of the programs. After seeing the capabilities of the current software that is "out there" I delete the program to make room for the next program. Cheap entertainment.

To install and try a program, the user must have certain equipment. Probably at least 90% of us have very similar equipment with the other 10% being odd-balls for the sake of being ornery. But, does anyone other than a burglar or fence have a HTTP Apache server in their home?

#40: It is a well-known maxim in law enforcement organizations that 5% random enforcement is good enough for general compliance. This can be seen in the enforcement of speed limits on cars, IRS tax enforcement, prostitution, drug law enforcement, illegal music downloads (remember Napster?)...

If I were you, I would be careful and prudent in your use of illegal software.

#31: Yes, many offerings on GOTD seem like beta versions.

Personally I don't mind being a beta tester. As for feedback, many developers of these offerings monitor and/or engage in the discussions on GOTD.

Perhaps it should be a requirement by GOTD that ALL offerings be accompanied by engagement by the developers in this comment area?

I run two websites for non-profit organizations (Local Boy Scout/Cub Scout website, and Church website) that run from Apache webservers on a remote web provider. I thought this program would be perfect for me. I often look through access and error logs that my web provider allows me to download in order to sort through potential problems and monitor web hits.

The install went fine on my Windows XP computer. The first thing that I did was to retrieve a log file. I didn't know if it was looking for an access log or error log so I tried both. There isn't any help in the application to help you and when you go to KC Software's User Forum you will not see a forum specific to ApHeMo. It put my access log in a tab called "Log Full" and didn't provide any type of analysis on the file. It put my error log in a tab called "Errors" and also "Log Full". It didn't break down the errors or provide any meaningful help on the errors. The only thing it did was provide a Who Is Lookup which calls a website for the actual lookup.

I removed the application since it didn't provide any additional functionality from a text editor which I'm currently using. The Who Is Lookup feature is marginally helpful but I usually do this step manually. I didn't see any kind of option of changing the called WhoIs Website in the event that the website goes down, is phased out, or disallows called applications.

The uninstall ran with out any problems.

Hello all! Today's 15-Minute Review is up! Check it out!

http://www.bladedthoth.com/reviews/15mrs/aphemo-v1-5-0-8/

Ooo nice. Thanks GOTD!

i visit this page regularly and have found roughly one in every 50 or so "normal user" programs that actually fills a software need that i can't find easily from free alternatives. i'm also a business user who looks for utilities that can make my job easier because our company doesn't have thousands of dollars to throw at new software that we don't know will actually solve a particular problem. i check out cheap or free utilities first to reduce that expense.

It gets a little tiring to see so many complaints about business applications being offered here. What would you prefer? A 37th utility that morphs photos of your 3-year-old daughter's face into her teddy bear's face? Come on, that's exhausted. It's good to see some variety here, an application that actually serves a purpose. Now, given today's tool a Windows-based program and most business users will run Apache on Linux. However, i run Apache on Windows for web development testing, and could see this tool as useful for teaching myself better Apache administration. It's FREE for the day and cheap otherwise, so it's not like anyone has lost anything but the time they took to complain.

Get over it. If you don't like today's offering, just come back tomorrow and see if there's another Notepad replacement that can edit 2048 files simultaneously. Now THAT's useful.

It amazes me what word traffic this offering generated.
I take the side of those who say:

Be thankful for what GOTD offers. If you don't need it, don't use it. And don't slam it because YOU don't need it. The world does not revolve around 'you' alone. Check in every day, and - who knows - once a month, or more often, there may be some great little program you never heard of that can really make your life more fun or productive, and guess what, you get it for free! Now where is the complaint in that???

And for the record: people were complaining about all those screensavers for a while, but one of those screensavers was so fantastic (the fancy clock) that it became my permament screensaver ... and i NEVER do that.

Thanks GOTD.

#40 Hempman -- Those laws may apply to software you buy, but if that is the exact wording of the law, then software you are given (for free) is not covered, and the restriction would likely apply. As an alternative, GOTD could just close up shop .... something that would not seem to bother very many people, based on comments I have read here over time ....

Thank you GOTD for what you provide and for which I, at least, am grateful.

#33, Belgian Dude - I do beieve that you have properly summarized what GOTD means by "non-commercial use."

However, despite the presence of that statement on GOTD website, the fact remains that in Delaware, California, NJ, NY and many other states in the US, that would be unenforcable. By law in Delaware (and other states) no vendor may restrict how any end user makes use of the software they buy. The only option software vendors have, if they do not want thier software used commercially, is not to offer it at all.

Sorta like if I put a requirement on my web page that you could download my software, but in order to use it you must be wearing pink silk panties. I can put that out there and claim it is a copyright restriction. But, just like putting a statement of "non-commercial use only", it is UNENFORCEABLE.

For those who are English language impaired, that means that the statement "non-commercial use only" has NO LEGAL WEIGHT in most of the USA and no court would do anything to anyone who chose to simply ignore that.

Heck, I use many of the software packages I got here for free commercially all the time! Try to do something about it. The Delaware AG will laugh you out of his office.

Yeah, this is useful. I know LOTS of people running non-commercial webservers who could use this without violating the "strictly non-commerical usage" clause of the license. Doesn't everybody run their own personal webserver (on Apache, yet) these days?

#31 said: Yet, with no support, they are not even made aware of problems. How does this help anyone? I don’t understand. Can someone at GOTD please explain?

For many of the programs offered here, visiting their home-page will turn up a user-to-user forum, frequently monitored by tech-support (or the developer-in-chief of the program)

On a couple I've posted questions and/or feature requests (usually with a comment such as "Full disclosure - just got this on GOTD")

On some (eg. CSE HTML Validator) developer responded and either solved my problem or accepted my request to his ToDo or explained why it wasn't feasible.

On others I got no response at all.

IOW: Just like dealing with *any* software developer. Politeness and clear explanation goes a long way!

Regards ... Alec

Thanks, GAOTD for the software. I would say that there are about 4-5 packages a year that I use. My Outlook prompts me everyday to look and I do. I am realistic that there will be many packages that don't meet my needs (today is one such). The reason companies post their packages through GAOTD is to hopefully generate buzz and sales. I would encourage all lookers on GAOTD to be realistic in their expectations of the site. I agree (and deviate slightly today) that comments should be limited to performance of the program and such. Blessings.

Overall a very nice program, one problem I have with it is that I have fairly large apache log files, and when it loads up the log file, it really takes strain, stops responding untill it has finished processing the file.
I generally us MySQL to go through the logs and find it much much quicker.

Good idea guys, but you need to work on optimizing the speed of the app.

I have no use for this one but I apreciate that GotD is covering a wide range of different application types. Many of us might be seeking for some very special software and be very happy if they find it right here.

However, I wouldn't run a webserver on Windows and for LINUX i'd rather develop my own utility for this job.

#26 "Non-commercial usage"

Means that you aren't to resell it (with or without a profit)
but also that you can not use it in a business in any way shape or form including using it for any reason that would directly or indirectly aid the business or it's functioning.

Google may be our friend but you would do well to look a bit further then your nose is long.

#30 You ARE accepting a restriction because by downloading it you accept that it has the limitation of strictly non-commercial usage.
It is mentioned on this page as well as in each and every readme file that is included in the download. Not noticing or reading it doesn't mean that you are therefore granted using it commercially.

The standard definition of the phrase non-commercial use is any use that does not generate income or is not used to promote the generation of income. In short you can't use it in a company, for a company or for anything that would benefit the company.

This concludes the lesson of today.

(It's a sad thing when a Belgian has to explain standard English phrases to native English speakers.)

It appears everyone wants the best and most useful program software for free. GOTD does a good service by getting developers to offer their stuff for free for a day. GOTD is not running a charitable trust. Do people want GOTD to buy every software and give it free to all? If you don't like it or if it is not useful to you better don't download it. You are supposed to use it and offer your useful comments for developers to upgrade.]

K.Rajagopalan, Chennai-India

This applies to this software and all software here. This appears, like all software here, to be beta software. Beta software is created by developers to mass test their software, and get feedback about bugs and problems. Yet, with no support, they are not even made aware of problems. How does this help anyone? I don't understand. Can someone at GOTD please explain?

Quigs

For those who are interested in this software:

It performs very poorly on even moderately large files. I opened a 4MB error log file in it and it took 100% CPU for several minutes before it even displayed. Even after it loaded, when I clicked between the software tabs, it seemed to re-load the data again, spiking another 100% CPU for several minutes.

Also, when I go to load a local file, it only lets me choose Apache error logs. I can't seem to get an option to load an Apache access log, so it's limited functionality.


For those who aren't interested in the software, why waste your breath and space saying how it's only useful to those who have an Apache server? Of course it's only useful to those who have an Apache server, it's an Apache log monitor! Why do you have to state the obvious?

Also, agree with #26 - "non-commercial" use doesn't have any meaning unless they define it. Also, the EULA that you accept when you install the software doesn't have any restriction or definition. I don't think GAOTD's statement on the website has any binding because of this. You're not accepting a license agreement that has such a restriction on that anywhere.

Not downloading as I really have no way to test this prod.

Thanks GAOTD you are appreciated : )

Have a great day all

jwarsaw its kind of hard to use and review this program when one doesnt use apache server them selves yeah i ran it looks decent and like it might work but im not gonna setup a apache server just to be able to make a more technoligical comment about this giveaway when i live alone and really have no need to setup a server running apache i have no need to serve files to myself and as we all know nothing on the internet is 100% secure i refuse for another to open my computer(s) up to hackers cause then I'd have more problems cleaning up that mess than problems I may have have with apache server

I am a web developer and have a server to build my page, I work for a company that makes much more money than I do, so this would be great if it worked.
Crashes on Vista when loading apache logs. I tried running as administrator with no joy there either. I'll stick to the open source alternatives.

#15: "Non-commercial" use simply means you cannot resell it for profit. Google is your friend.

Perhaps GAOTD should have 2 voting percentages at top: First one: Did or Did Not like the software offering for personal reasons. Second vote: Rating of software after use: Thumbs Up or Thumbs Down. It seems to me that all the comments today are the personal type. No one has taken the time to "use & review" the software itself, which I thought was the purpose of the thumbs up/down vote at the top. I am very thankful for GAOTD for offering usually worthwhile software for free. I am just learning to use video and there have been several offerings that I have put to good use. Also, as a manager of the network at my nonprofit employer, I have found good software to put to use there. Thanks GAOTD staff for all the work you do to attract and then offer this software!

#17: So should businesses stop using open source apps like Open Office because they are free?

You seem to value individuals. Many businesses are individual consultants. Maybe you are just jealous of success?

i have also realized this is the second time they are releasing this program on give away of the day th elast time was on February 5, 2007 89 people gave it a thumbs up and 72 said no way with 44 comments if your interested see it here http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/aphemo/

Thanks. I've got an Apache server running on HTTP port and I didn't have any tool to monitor the server.
Unfortunately, this program is only usefull to Apache users, who host a website on their computer or server. It is useless to average PC user.

#19:
That comment was deleted for using a personal insult against another commenter.

USELESS software.

deleted!? who is this censor? free site? i don't think so

In the real world most businesses are small businesses; mine, for instance, and I can use this!

Thanks, GAOTD.

#6
I hope I haven't an account with the bank you 'look after' if you've only just found a $14 prog to monitor your web server.

Pretty stoopid too trying to sell a win prog to monitor a free webserver prog that runs under Linux.

I guess a site like this can find only so much decent cheap software that's on temp giveaway to make a buck out of. Most of it is junk.