Doug Brown wrote: > MySql offers an open source product and were able to grow their client base > while at the same time having the people that downloaded their software also > develop their software and reduce their costs. Free and closed source simply > means that we have to wait for you to implemnt things and that it takes > longer for community acceptance. >
I think the part about having the people that download the software also develop it is not accurate. If you look at mysql's site and their own description of their "community", there isn't a lot of mention of "development". http://dev.mysql.com/guilds/ Note that the "Developers Guild" only has 8 members...and it refers to development other than the core product development. My guess is that all of the core development of MySQL is done by a MySQL-AB employee. Having an open source community probably can reduce costs...most likely in marketing (all those people in the writers, speakers and experts Guilds) and QA. But my impression of most open source projects is that the actual development is done by a very small number of developers, perhaps a similar size team to a commercial product, and that implementing new features and bug fixes...in general...works on a similar timeline as a commercial product. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268979 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
