I just had a question closed on Server Fault: https://serverfault.com/questions/367437/open-source-monitoring-for-windows

However, I can't understand why.

The [FAQ][1] states that questions about monitoring (which it is) are allowed.  I guess at a casual glance it might appear to be a [shopping question][2], but it is not.  It's a question about whether there are any solutions, at all, that meet the given criteria.

Did I misunderstand something about acceptable questions?


  [1]: https://serverfault.com/faq
  [2]: http://blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping/