On 8/8/06, Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 03:30, Dave Watts wrote: > > I don't see how Adobe would make any money, since no one would have to > buy > > their product to use it. If I could deploy a license-free EAR from my > free > > developers' edition of CF, I wouldn't need to buy anything at all. > > I'm sure corporates would pay for support or early updates.
Or focus on certain aspects, perhaps. I think Dave himself said that the thing worth the most money is time, right Dave? That said, didn't RedHat try that and give it up as a bad idea ? One man's wheel isn't always the best wheel for the job. I see a future where it's possible to make money off of "free" stuff, and yet have the "free" stuff move forward. I could be proven wrong, life is weird like that, but I feel it's a model that has potential, if it hasn't been proven already. And I was thinking more about JasperIntelligence, when I was talking jasper. Seems like a "good idea"; a report "server". Although it /would/ be nice to be able to add newer versions of .jars easier... guess there's a wishlist item, heh. iReport is a good report builder, and works cross-platform... they've really been moving forward, all separate, yet together. Or something like that, maybe. I know there is recouping and whatnot that has to go on, and I'm not suggesting that it's plausible, this stuff happening- Adobe is pretty big to be switching tracks that way. Just sounds nice, I guess. Maybe. Costing money up front is part of what makes CF special. Ah, what fun, what if's! Coding is fun too though... hmmm... :Denny ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
