I disagree with this in this market. Railo could go open-source, but it wouldn't make much difference apart from perception.
This community (I am sorry if I offend anybody) doesn't have the number of people that can program in Java yet. I have had a few people offer to help with CFEclipse (which is open source and free) but many people add "If I only knew more Java" Now, you have a CFML engine, written in Java, how many people are going to jump on it to fix it? From the CF community? Just an observation. MD On 7 Feb 2007, at 14:26, Jim Wright wrote: > Rick Root wrote: >> For what it's worth, if Railo went open source.. now *THAT* would be >> interesting... >> > > The combination of a open source & shared hosting optimized CF runtime > is where I see some possibilities. Perhaps if one of the big hosting > companies (HMS or GoDaddy seem like likely candidates), would put some > resources into developing such a beast, it might have a chance. > I'm not > sure the "community" at large has enough momentum to develop a > "general > purpose" alternative to CF or BD. It seems like another CF > product, be > it commercial or open source, Railo or Smith, would need to fill some > niche...and being shared hosting optimized would probably be the most > likely candidate. I believe Railo has a good start in this area...not > sure about Smith. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269282 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
