The feds general rule on Open Source is "no". Exceptions being Apache, Sendmail and the like because either they offer paid support or there's a third party authority who can provide support.
I've downloaded FarCry, I'll play with it, but they really want something retail.. -- Scott Stewart ColdFusion Developer SSTWebworks 4405 Oakshyre Way Raleigh, NC. 27616 (919) 874-6229 (home) (703) 220-2835 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Matthew Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:55 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Paperthin's Commonspot >For my needs FarCry is out of the question because it's open source (most >federal agencies poo poo anything that's open source off the bat, because of >support issues). Actually, that's not a completely accurate statement. The Daemonites have released FarCry to the public under an open source license, true. However, most of the work done to the FarCry core is paid for by their clients. Support, training, implementation, modification can all be obtained through Daemon. It's like other commercial offerings this way, but I'd venture a guess that Daemon is more willing to help when it comes to system modification. Now, will it meet your requirements the same way as CommonSpot? Depends on your needs. My understanding of CommonSpot is that it makes importing existing content easy (at least according the docs). You can use a WYSIWIG editor to modify templates (again, from what I saw in the docs). You can have a single authoring server and multiple front ends. These are things that FarCry does not do (yet). I'm curious about this myself. I'll be meeting one of Dave Watt's team members in the near future for a CommonSpot install. However, I'm only responsible for the machine it resides on. I'll not be doing any development on it. Matthew Williams Geodesic GraFX www.geodesicgrafx.com/blog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297834 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
