>> And while true, it demonstrates the biggest weakness of open source development. Some products need big dollars put up front to get off the ground. I would suggest that this is one of them.<<
I agree in general that this is a weakness of open source, but not the case in this project. VFP Studio is not open source. What Ed did not point out is that most of the seriously successful open source projects already have funding of some sort. Some in the volunteers from corporate backing, and some with actual sponsorship funding. It generally helps to have revenue for the developers to keep them with incentive to keep moving. While there are some general apps/products out there that break this mold, we see funding comes in after the fact with support contracts and "professional licensing." In the case of VFP Studio, there is a business model for the free version and a paid version in the works. The case of not delivering at this point is not the work ahead of them. Craig and Bo are definitely up for the challenge and the commitment. It was the moving target of technology, not money. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/014e01cae111$5f1dc2c0$1d5948...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
