Mark, you are absolutely right. That was my point. The only thing that's different when going open source is the fact that it is open source. And of course intersted competitors could go and peek in our code.
A lot of projects who went open source were no longer payed attention to. And we don't want this to happen to Railo. In the Java world nobody cares about CF. So why should a really good programmer dig into our code for error checking etc. Gert Mark Drew schrieb: > 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:269284 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
