Kevin Aebig wrote: >> Escrow licence on the source. > > If I wanted to support someone else's work, than I might as well just make > my own.
Yet if the work is Bill's or Larry's, you want to support it by paying a license? > It's pretty obvious that MSSQL, Oracle and DB2 aren't open-source. At the > same time though, they also work under the same core principals and work > generally under the same features. I don't care about the low-level details > of how they work, I just want to be sure that it's going to be around for > more than a few years... So it has got nothing to do with being a proprietary solution? Don't get me wrong, I very much doubt that Dan's embedded database offers any added value over established offerings and I share your concern over his ability to provide support and an upgrade path. But that has nothing to do with being propietary. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:251319 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4