On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Gunther Birznieks wrote:
> As I think I mentioned, it's great that the people like you on this list
> have a passion for delivering cool software.
>
> I may have missed the intent of these two posts (micropayment and messaging
> engines), but unfortunately, I don't really consider either of these items
> to be application-level items. I consider them infrastructure.
>
> eg it's nice that SmartWorker (as a toolkit) is open source, but opendesk
> is closed source. And it's the applications (ironically) in opendesk that
> make smart worker worth taking a look at. But it cripples (hope I don't
> upset anyone) SmartWorker's marketing to have opendesk closed source
> because people prefer downloading apps and then they learn about the
> framework it was developed in. Rarely is it the other way around.
>
> People rarely look at toolkits like payment gateways and messaging servers
> unless there is an application that fits their needs that they can use
> which happens to use these backend components.
Actually there's an exception to this rule. Look at Zope.
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