This is of course true. I am excited about swhx for my application. My only point was that it is perfectly reasonable for someone to think that his clients or customers would prefer something else because of the large company mentality. But I do think lots of users will not have any political issues with swhx and will make great use of it.
Regards Hank On 8/31/06, Edwin van Rijkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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. > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > To change your subscription options or search the archive: > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > > Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software > Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training > http://www.figleaf.com > http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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