Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-09 Thread Lee Bolding
On 9 Jan 2010, at 17:01, Eno wrote: > On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > >> How many people saw the critical bugs with PHP 5.2.7, and rather than fix >> them themselves, waited for the next release? > > We build our own software from source, so yeah we would fix it ourselves. You patche

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-09 Thread Lee Bolding
On 9 Jan 2010, at 14:15, Sid Bachtiar wrote: > Open source with premium support is the way to go, because you get the > best of both worlds. You get open source product, and you get > commercial support. Absolutely, and I fully agree. I also agree with your other points - the point I'm trying

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-09 Thread Eno
On Sat, 9 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > How many people saw the critical bugs with PHP 5.2.7, and rather than fix > them themselves, waited for the next release? We build our own software from source, so yeah we would fix it ourselves. -- -- You received this message because you are subs

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-09 Thread Sid Bachtiar
But you still have a chance with open source because the source is available. With closed source, if the company decided to not continue the product or not fix a bug, then that's the end of it. Another advantage is the licensing. Most open source comes with generic open source licensing that every

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-09 Thread Lee Bolding
On 9 Jan 2010, at 03:32, Parijat Kalia wrote: > I like the DIY for a bug in open source vs a dead end to a bug in closed > source as a really solid example. Can you give a more concrete example? yes, theoretically that's correct - but in the PHP world, code isn't compiled. If you've paid for

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Parijat Kalia
Wow, that's a lot of interesting insight. I like the DIY for a bug in open source vs a dead end to a bug in closed source as a really solid example. I think that helps open source win vs closed source. Although I do believe it is an extreme case. Does anyone have more insights to offer? On Fri, Ja

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Lee Bolding
On 8 Jan 2010, at 15:09, Sid Bachtiar wrote: > And are you talking about your real experience or you're just hypothesizing? Real world, it's the structure we're setting up at the startup I'm currently working at. IMHO we've spent far less, and have far superior support and quality of product t

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Eno
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > Spending 10's of thousands of dollars on a salaried employee to do that, > when Zend will already do it is crazy. Not necessarily. In some cases, support contracts can cost more than an employee's salary. Depends on your infrastructure and requirements,

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Georg Gell
Am 08.01.2010 15:20, schrieb Lee Bolding: > > On 8 Jan 2010, at 13:43, Eno wrote: > >> On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: >> >>> The whole IIS/windows server licensing issue is also beginning to >>> disappear - if you want a well supported, enterprise grade, stable and >>> scalable PHP

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Georg Gell
Hi, Am 08.01.2010 09:46, schrieb Parijat Kalia: > Hey guys, > > Just lighting up everyone's day, would like to get as many as possible > arguments on this. Me and a friend of mine, had a debate last evening, > about open source(PHP) vs closed source technologies(DOT NET).He raised > the following

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Sid Bachtiar
And are you talking about your real experience or you're just hypothesizing? On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 3:51 AM, Lee Bolding wrote: > > On 8 Jan 2010, at 14:40, Sid Bachtiar wrote: > > If your server goes > bump in the night, who you gonna call? >> We have our own support team to call :-

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Lee Bolding
On 8 Jan 2010, at 14:40, Sid Bachtiar wrote: If your server goes bump in the night, who you gonna call? > >>> We have our own support team to call :-) > >> Yes, but a salaried employee is more expensive than raising a ticket on a >> case-by-case basis with the likes of Zend (or buyin

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Sid Bachtiar
>>> If your server goes >>> bump in the night, who you gonna call? >> We have our own support team to call :-) > Yes, but a salaried employee is more expensive than raising a ticket on a > case-by-case basis with the likes of Zend (or buying a support contract to > begin with) Seriously, you'd

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Eno
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > Yes, but a salaried employee is more expensive than raising a ticket on > a case-by-case basis with the likes of Zend (or buying a support > contract to begin with) OTOH, that salaried employee will often be doing more than just supporting a single produc

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Lee Bolding
On 8 Jan 2010, at 13:43, Eno wrote: > On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > >> The whole IIS/windows server licensing issue is also beginning to >> disappear - if you want a well supported, enterprise grade, stable and >> scalable PHP environment, you'll likely want Zend Server - which co

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Eno
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Parijat Kalia wrote: > 1. He feels that open source is not reliable whereas closed source is. The > logic being that, once the application is developed and sold, if it runs > into some kind of a bug or an error, there is support team for closed source > technologies who are goi

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Eno
On Fri, 8 Jan 2010, Lee Bolding wrote: > The whole IIS/windows server licensing issue is also beginning to > disappear - if you want a well supported, enterprise grade, stable and > scalable PHP environment, you'll likely want Zend Server - which costs > around the same as a Windows Server l

Re: [symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Lee Bolding
I think these days, the line between open source and "closed" source is somewhat blurred - and this is a good thing. You now have "premium open source" - with the likes of RHEL, SugarCRM, MySQL and Magento. Microsoft technologies are no longer exclusively closed - I'm currently working with

[symfony-users] Offbeat: open source vs closed source technologies

2010-01-08 Thread Parijat Kalia
Hey guys, Just lighting up everyone's day, would like to get as many as possible arguments on this. Me and a friend of mine, had a debate last evening, about open source(PHP) vs closed source technologies(DOT NET).He raised the following points: 1. He feels that open source is not reliable wherea