That's my point... Thanks Doug...
Doug Brown schrieb: >> If we open source Railo and we would be faster in some >cases than other >> vendors, they could easily adapt our code >> > > Sure they could adopt your code and make their product faster, but they > would also still be charging a wholloping price for their product. > > Doug B. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gert Franz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 8:17 AM > Subject: Re: Anyone interested in Railo hosting? > > > >> Don't get me wrong, I do not have anything against open source. BUT we >> are yet to small and I don't think that the community will dig into our >> tens of thousands of lines of code first to understand it and second to >> fix it. If Adobe would do it, then this would be different. >> If we open source Railo and we would be faster in some cases than other >> vendors, they could easily adapt our code >> >> And just like James posted. If you have a decompiler etc. it is already >> open source. >> >> Greetings / GrĂ¼sse >> Gert Franz >> Customer Care >> Railo Technologies GmbH >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> www.railo.ch >> >> Join our Mailing List / Treten Sie unserer Mailingliste bei: >> deutsch: http://de.groups.yahoo.com/group/railo/ >> english: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/railo_talk/ >> >> >> >> Doug Brown schrieb: >> >>> A huge difference!! Number one is that you have the entire community >>> > helping > >>> to develop the project, so bug fixes and features are done in record >>> > time > >>> instead of waiting on a "few" developers to bring you the things that >>> > you > >>> need the most. Why has mySql done so well? Gee I will answer that >>> > myself. > >>> MySql offers an open source product and were able to grow their client >>> > base > >>> while at the same time having the people that downloaded their software >>> > also > >>> develop their software and reduce their costs. Free and closed source >>> > simply > >>> means that we have to wait for you to implemnt things and that it takes >>> longer for community acceptance. >>> >>> Doug B. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Gert Franz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "CF-Talk" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> >>> Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 7:15 AM >>> Subject: Re: Anyone interested in Railo hosting? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> why? what's the difference between open source and free? >>>> >>>> >>>> Rick Root schrieb: >>>> >>>> >>>>> For what it's worth, if Railo went open source.. now *THAT* would be >>>>> interesting... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268995 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4