Like I said, it's JMO. The troll comment is completely unnecessary and
childish. I'm not insulting anyone, so I don't see why you have to.
If you don't like what I say on an open forum, it might just be better to be
silent or argue like a reasonble person than become insulting. You don't
know me or anything I've done in this industry for many years, so if
namecalling is the best you can do, I'd respectfully ask you to keep it to
yourself.
I'm looking for the best for FW and the widest possible distribution. Any
time any product, commercial or open source, is put into the public's hands,
the product becomes indistinguishable as to intent or source. It's judged on
its merits as a product. Further, marketing is marketing. We all want the
best for FW, including wide circulation. The public expects V2.0 of any
product to have some significant functionality and, sorry, but security
updating just doesn't sell.
Not denying that security isn't important. I just said that I can't see any
evidence that it's a high priority for anyone; no one I can find has
expressed any concerns about it. So why the rush. Why not add the
functionality that makes FW a potential contender, and that V2.0?
The stuff you mention: CAPTCHA, doc mgmt, file upload, admin, etc. are key
to the wider success of the product and, IMO, should be the first priority.
Thanks
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John
Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:44 AM
To: FlexWiki Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Flexwiki-users] I think we should ship RC0
I really hate to feed trolls, but feel I must respond.
Adding security is a major feature and required a near-full re-architecture
of the application. Hence the 2.0 designation.
Security is not imperative on an Intranet, but is an absolute requirement
for an Internet deployment, if the wiki owners care about data integrity. It
also makes possible a number of features that would not have been created
without a proper security, i.e. proper forum support using threaded
messages, or personal blogs with talkback. Security make it possible to lock
certain pages but still leaves it possible for other pages, or entirely new
pages, to be created by any user, whether authenticated or not. Security is
an enabling technology that will make it possible to add significant new
features in the future.
In addition to security there are a number of new features that will be
available. These include CAPTCHA inputs, document management (simple), file
upload and download, improved administration, personal blogs, forum support
and picture libraries.
It is necessary to get the 2.0 released as soon as possible and move on to
start work on the 2.2 release.
The open source development model is significantly different from a
commercial development model. In the commercial model the resource provider
decides what features will be paid for in the expectation that there will be
a monetary return higher than the amount of money required to create the
product. In the open source model the resource is the individual developer
time volunteered with no expectation of monetary return, so the motivation
is a quality product meeting the concerns of those volunteering effort. The
open source model can be modified through provision of monetary incentive
when there is a desire to monetize a product or replace a commercial
product, where a resource provider donates money in return for certain
features or deliverables within an open source project. In an open source
model it is necessary to maintain momentum, FlexWiki is just rebuilding a
momentum that had been slow until recent months. Momentum attracts
volunteers and the more volunteers the better quality of the product,
providing the momentum is maintained. (See the history of Debian and Ubuntu
for prime examples.)
John Davidson
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