Praveen, I would suggest to your client that the only way to have a product which the public can't figure out the technology being used is to write your own proprietary code. You should start off by writing your own webserver, because if you use Apache based servers or Microsoft based servers, people can figure out the type of the server and plenty of other information.
If they write their own server, they can probably get away without having to write their own operating system and their own programming languages. However, using a system like Laconi.ca (or Drupal or Wordpress, or many other systems) can normally be figured out whatever web server is being used. So, he will need to build his own system on top of building his own operating system. Of course, all of that will put him at an competitive disadvantage. Someone else will come along and say, gee, this is just another microblogging system, and I could build my own, much cheaper simply by using Laconi.ca. The competitor will end up eating your clients business and your client will have wasted lots of money. So, if you have a client that wants to go that route and has adequate funding and you are unscrupulous, go for it. Milk it for all that it is worth, but make sure you are paid in cash, and not in stock, because the stock will probably be worthless before you know it. However, if you want a job with longevity and at the same time an opportunity to make computing better, try to get your client to publicly use open source software Just my random thoughts on the idea. Aldon -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Praveen Gunasekara Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 4:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Laconica-dev] have anyone yet thought about releasing laconicaunder a commercial license Hi, what I'm worried is also exactly the same. because we need to launch a product which is closed source. and our client doesn't want the public to know the technology we are using. so that why i thought that having a commercial license where we can modify the code to match unique business processes will be great. because re-inventing the wheel should be the last option in development. Regards, Praveen
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