== I have seen cases where people immediately lost interest in J when they saw it was closed source.
And what proportion of them would have actually progressed to using J if it had been open source? Ie, what it is 'real' impact of it not being open source? Althought being open source has it strengths, I'm not sure that it's been taken up by, say, Microsoft. In what ways is their business model not viable. Stuart -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrence Brannon Sent: 07 June 2007 4:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Jgeneral] The closed source nature of J and the new age ofsoftware distribution I understand that J came out when the Borland model of software release was en vogue. But, in this day and age, free and open source software has proven itself a viable business model. With that in mind: * should J go open source? why or why not? I have seen cases where people immediately lost interest in J when they saw it was closed source. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
