last i checked borland and bea charge thousands of dollars for developer
licenses, they give you a 30 day free trial , but charge $ for developer
license.
Ivan
----- Original Message -----
From: "danch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 8:31 PM
Subject: Re: [JBoss-user] manual and business
> Digital Strider wrote:
>
> > This is an interesting experiment in the evolution of open-source and
the
> > kinds of future bricks and mortar that can lay the foundations for
tomorrows
> > future open-source evolutions.
> >
> > Most commercial software companies offer developer free implementations
in
> > the hopes of winning product loyalty which eventually leads to a revenue
> > stream. Documentation is supplied in masse to assure the best odds for
your
> > assimilation.
>
> Check out BEA's pricing on developer licenses. Or Borlands (last time I
> checked - I think they're more likely to give free developer licenses
> than BEA)
>
>
> >
> > J-Boss appears to be twisting this, to a degree as it seeks to find a
middle
> > ground for "feeding the family" and living within the bounds of
> > "open-source" expectations. Basically, the box is free. The rest is a
> > wildcard. But it appears that the "wisdom" of what makes J-Boss, boss
will
> > come at a price.
>
> Wisdom always comes at a price. Generally the price involves scars and
> interesting stories that you can laugh at later. With money, the best
> you can really do is rent a wise-man and let him warn you about those
> nasty head-bumping spots.
>
> -danch
>
>
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