There's truth in what you guys are saying from a practical stance, I
think. But, it is equally true that there are successful open source
projects, that do get used by commercial companies for production
purposes. This is true for all sorts of projects, but especially so for
application development languages and tools.
Although probably having started out small, these projects succeeded in
growing larger over time. I presume as a result of a) the product being
very good, and b) because of enthusiast advocating the software even
though it meant swimming up-stream, in some regards.
Give SWHX a spin to see if you like how it works. If it's not your cup
of tea, leave it be - but if you like it, just try to use it whenever
you get the chance.
Edwin
Cliff Rowley wrote:
hank williams wrote:
The reality is that the larger the company, the greater the liklihood
that they only want to buy from another large company. This is why the
whole market has moved from b2b to b2c. Consumers dont care about who
sold them stuff. Big companies generally care deeply. This means that
even well funded startups have had a hard time selling to big
companies in the last few years. This is why startups are now almost
exclusively focusing on b2c. Because individuals have the freedom to
think the way Nicolas would like people to think. Unfortunately
corporate sales is an entirely different, and much more painful
process.
Right on Hank, that's exactly it. As individuals we do have that
freedom, which is why I praised SWHX from the start.
Unfortunately the main points I brought up initially were lost in the
banter.. I haven't actually rejected SWHX, or given up on it, I just
can't see any reason to use it commercially over Apollo. The fact is
I'll probably use it a lot for my own little projects (in fact I've
already started playing with it).
As I said before, I can see a *lot* of strength in the
Screenweaver/HaXe partnership. I just can't see compatibility without
HaXe being a focal point in the future. Eventually Apollo and SWHX
will drift apart, and due to the nature of my work I will always err
toward Macrobe.
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