> I think O'Reilly is here playing a bad game, asking for software > companies to help them make benefits > > Since O'Reilly is already selling books on Open Source projects, and > since gaining money from that, I find that really unfair to take that > position > > Every project need supports, and if OReilly had supported XMLMind > sooner more clearly in the past, may be some things may be different
I think you have a good point here. If anyone stands to gain from the availability of a high quality open-source document-centric XML editor, it is O'Reilly. I hope O'Reilly puts its money where its mouth is, support an open-source XML Mind with cold, hard, cash, and works with Hussein's company to make money out of open source. That's how many other open source projects are successful--by getting financial support from companies who benefit from its widespread availability. O'Reilly wants 200+ authors per year to have access to a good XML editor so they save money by not having to deal with Word documents. Well, nothing comes for free. Personally, I vastly prefer to use an open-source product, and the lack of an open source version has been the one reason that I did not evangelize XML Mind more widely. It's not the money. (1) With an open source product, I can start fixing the bugs that bug me (e.g. the Emacs/Gimp clipboard bug and the Ctrl+Tab mapping bug). (2) With an open source product, I am less worried that my investment in time and effort is not taken away when a small company closes its doors. Cheers, Cay -- Cay S. Horstmann | http://horstmann.com | mailto:cay at horstmann.com
