On 2/9/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Larger companies that have IT people can do that, small companies that don't > rely on the support provided by the vendor. Because they don't have to go > out and find somebody else to support a product.
I was talking about using a "vendor", actually. But no matter what, you're talking about going to "someone else". Be it brand name or no. Right? .... > You call the number on the box, or the website and somebody tells you to do > this, that is what MOST people want. The point is, you can do this with Open Source solutions as well. And Moodle is an excellent example: all you need is PHP and MySQL experience. You don't have to pay Moodle for the name, so to speak. ALL your money can go directly toward services rendered. There are like hundreds of support options for Moodle hosting. And anyone can be a vendor, it's pretty entrepreneurish, actually. Six of one, half a dozen of another. I'm just saying, Open Source is awesome, and being able to "have your way" with the source is just fab. Boils down to, either you do it, or someone else does it-- either way. With Open Source, that "someone else" can be anyone. Not so with closed, by definition. Sure it's a trivial thing if you don't do anything involving source, but it's HUGE when you do. It's a valid, powerful part of the OS idea. Isn't it the main idea, actually? It's just so weird to have people try to downplay it, is all. =] -PS I still remember how stoked I was when this super proprietary Informix based app was all like: "here's the source, have a blast". But I had to tie into it from the outside, so it helped quite a bit. ;) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227663 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
