On Wed, 29 Oct 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello List, > > I have written a post to the database section of the Lazarus forum about a > commercial database engine recently ported for Lazarus, which made me think > about the whole "Commercial components for Lazarus" issue. This is a part of > that post: (It can be found here > http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=27411#27411) > > > <<Lazarus is a free software, which is good, but I would pay for it just to > get the chance to develop crossplatform in a Delphi like style. I believe it > is important for the future of Lazarus to attract the developers of quality > commercial components to port their work for Lazarus. And it is already > happening. The big question is if the Lazarus community is willing to realize > how valuable it is to have the wealth of quality commercial components for > Lazarus we already have for Delphi. Are they willing to pay for it? I > certainly hope they see that it is for the benifit of everyone. It could open > the way to port a lot of Widows only Delphi projects for different platforms. > Many times a suitable 3rd party component can save lots of time and money, so > it is more efficient to spend the money on buying a good 3rd party product. >> > > > What everyone thinks about this? What is the question exactly ? I understand it as: "Would the lazarus community pay commercial developers to port their components ?" Am I correct ? Michael _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lazarus.freepascal.org http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
