"there are basically no howto's, no prices, no shiny, bold Open Source products that fit my bill" as the developer of the first one that got mentioned here (sa

"there are basically no howto's, no prices, no shiny, bold Open Source products that fit my bill" as the developer of the first one that got mentioned here (saiku) http://demo.analytical-labs.com/ http://demo.analytical-labs.com/ i can say that the problem is that everybody asks for a shiny, nice, intuitive open source project.. but there is very little will to contribute to such a project. we really try to create something thats easy to use, fun to play with the data, and provides the necessary functionality. but unfortunately developing something that looks simple needs time, a lot of time. so if anyone is interested, i always appreciate any kind of contribution (not necessarily just coding) if more people would work together, there would already be such a tool that we are all dreaming of