On Sunday 22 February 2004 23:01, Gil Freund wrote:
> Actually, this is not a good example. Magic was delivered in two flavors
> - developer and run time. In order to modify the code of the application
> you needed the developer version, as well the developer.
I have used Magic for many tasks back in the late 80's - early 90's. What
I tried to point is that using proprietary tools (Magic is just an example
they used) binds your project strongly to the upgrade cycle of the tool.
While this affects OSS tools as well. It is less problematic:
- There are no direct costs to upgrade.
- As long as there are users, you are not *pushed* to upgrade by
marketoids.
> Such as:
> http://www.bigwig.net/ampic/soar/
Ok. You got a point. Community driven apps may be built with
proprietary tools and be maintained...(still I wonder about the
costs in this case).
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