Bryan Stevenson wrote: > > I guess the tides may be turning. I've always considered open source with > caution because: > > 1) The projects are in constant flux so you just don't know what you'll get > until you dig in
I have to disagree with that. Most projects I know have very well defined procedures and for instance the features in a release are known months beforehand even if it is just because the test cycle just takes that long. And even if it were, how is that different from closed source? For instance, it is not the open source projects that routinely prohibit publication of benchmarks. It is not the open source projects that give you a 30 day evaluation licence of which you spend half the time just getting the thing to install. > 2) Support IMHO is harder because of all the "opinions" you have to sift > through > online to get an answer I recognize the problem, but I don't experience it myself :) This is really a case where the quality of the question defines the quality of the answer. If you remove all bias and supositions from your question and replace them with fact and detail you probably end up with a 50 line question + URLs for logfiles and configuration files. People with 'opinions' are not interested in reading such questions, while people with answers will be happy to answer. This won't help you if you are looking for the "please talk me through this installer" kind of support. Fine, that is what support contracts are for. For which mature Open Source project that you would be considering can you not get a support contract from at least three different parties? Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:249407 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
