> And to touch on a post someone else made to the thread: It > would have to be a license free EAR or WAR that gets > "exported"; needing licenses for these apps defeats the idea > that I think was key to that part... the "free" & EOD (Ease > Of Deployment ;)... Maybe competition/extension with/of say, > Java, PHP, OpenLaszlo? Putting the power in the hands of the > developers! > > Mix in say, Jasper and Funambol... that would be one far > out, capable mix of stuff. Make it all modular, only > exporting what's needed... > And theoretically, everyone could still make a ton of money...
I don't see how Adobe would make any money, since no one would have to buy their product to use it. If I could deploy a license-free EAR from my free developers' edition of CF, I wouldn't need to buy anything at all. CF 7 already includes Jasper Reports, also. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:249092 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

