I agree that it doesn't sound right for such a young product that has so
much hard work being put into it; however, I think that brand recognition
could help make Jboss more popular and may make other developers more
interested in using it.
I think that the ASPs are an important part of Jboss's growth, but Marc
would certainly a more valuable opinion about that...
- jeremiah
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Now I'm confused.
<std-disclaimer type="this is not the opinion of my employer.. etc.">
There's a new ASP around called ejip.net. The interesting part is that
they are going to use jBoss as server. Now, Telkel (where I and Marc
work) is also going to provide an ASP service which you all can use to
deploy your apps on the web. But instead of just using stuff from
someone else we actually do things to make it, jBoss that is, happen.
AFAIK ejip.net does not have anyone actively helping out here.
So, one interesting question is: is it fair for someone like them to
take advantage of jBoss - to build their core services on top of - and
not give anything back? In my humble opinion, no. Of course not.
Everyone who is working on jBoss currently does so because they
understand that the only way to get this piece of software to be the
best it can be is to work together towards the common goal of making it
the best thing since sliced bread. By using it without helping the
community that is putting hard work into it to make this happen is to
say "hey cool stuff, sure we'll use it! but we're not gonna help ya
build it 'cause we're too busy doing proprietary stuff around it". IMHO
of course. Perfectly legal, but not very good manners.
I would love to hear ejip.net's opinion about this. I'm sure I have
missed something. It can't be this bad, right?
It's not that I don't like competition, I just don't like joyriders.
So, what's the story, Verge Corporation?
regards,
Rickard
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