Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-21 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 20 Jul 2009, Don L wrote: To me some service contract like delivery of a fix of 8 days is too long. Probably I'll talk to the OSS's owner to negotiate a deal something later Yeah. At a guess if you pay more, you'll get more :-) You know what, I strongly believe, any OSS

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-21 Thread Sean Corfield
not suggesting not to make the switch but think twice or better talk to the key person of the product you intend to switch to and possibly strike a deal or at least obtain his/her support first otherwise your conversion/switch would be at the mercy of others. Anyone switching vendors

RE: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Adrian Lynch
Well you're talking about Railo or OpenBD, which is it and what problem are you having? Adrian -Original Message- From: Don L [mailto:do...@yahoo.com] Sent: 20 July 2009 03:53 To: cf-talk Subject: SSOT: open source software Particularly related to ColdFusion. I understand

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Gerald Guido
Well you're talking about Railo or OpenBD, which is it and what problem are you having? Given the traffic on the mailing lists I would say Railo. For what it is worth, one could replace OSS and Proprietary software with small company with large corporation and the argument would read nearly

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread denstar
Yo Don! A cool thing about open source is that you can pay random coder(s) to do what you need. Doesn't have to be the creators-- tho they're obviously going to be the best. If you are running a business on the Railo software and need a rapid and guaranteed response, a support contract is

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Tom Chiverton
On Monday 20 Jul 2009, denstar wrote: If you are running a business on the Railo software and need a rapid and guaranteed response, a support contract is probably not a bad idea at all. And, to be fair, I wouldn't expect and immediate response to a direct email to, say, Bill gates or any

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Don L
To me some service contract like delivery of a fix of 8 days is too long. Probably I'll talk to the OSS's owner to negotiate a deal something later You know what, I strongly believe, any OSS documentation at a reasonable price, say, $200 or even a bit higher, would sell like hot cake,

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Don L
Well you're talking about Railo or OpenBD, which is it and what problem are you having? Adrian Forgive me for not naming names. Converted source code in general is running fine but compiled java class files deployment generated unexpected bugs, some has been resolved, don't know what's come

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Gerald Guido
don't know what's come up again... so I would hestitate on production deployment yet Forgive me if I am wrong, but are you not working with a bleeding edge release of beta software? G? On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Don L do...@yahoo.com wrote: Well you're talking about Railo or OpenBD,

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Don L
don't know what's come up again... so I would hestitate on production deployment yet Forgive me if I am wrong, but are you not working with a bleeding edge release of beta software? G? On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 11:57 AM, D ahe, it's kind of chick/egg thing. There's a bit of contradition here.

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Gerald Guido
I think you misunderstood. Railo *server* is recommended for production use, as opposed to the express version. The current stable release is 3.0.3.000 G On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Don L do...@yahoo.com wrote: don't know what's come up again... so I would hestitate on production

Re: SSOT: open source software

2009-07-20 Thread Don L
I think you misunderstood. Railo *server* is recommended for production use, as opposed to the express version. The current stable release is 3.0.3.000 G On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:14 PM, D Probably you're right. The first time I came across it, I understood it the way you did but weird,