Munson, Jacob wrote: >>I wouldn't think this would happen. Many federal agencies have a large >>commitment to ColdFusion, if it goes open source (with no single >>authoritative source for support IE: Adobe) It'll leave >>theses agencies with a product that they'll drop like a bad habit.
I don't agree. An organization such as Adobe could continue to provide commercial support to an open-source project. They could continue to develop it as well. for example, what if they were to "open source" the basic standard version, but offered additional functionality in an enterprise version offered commercially. That's feasible. Plenty of organizations out there buy commercial licenses and commercial support from MySQL AB. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222919 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
