> Community source is all well and good but if I was spending $$$
> on a product
> and found that the only technical support was lazy ass developers (like
> myself) and Spectra hobbyists then maybe my money might go
> somewhere else...
This is not true. You can still get technical support. The community source
is simply for those developers who want to contribute to the product, and
for those customers who want a quick update. If you have an issue that
requires technical support, you can simply call them.
>Why doesn't Macromedia/Allaire stand by it's product and say "Hey, this is
a
>great system for building Content Management Systems - not perfect but
>plenty of bang for your buck. We will continue to FULLY support Spectra in
>it's current form, with FULLY endorsed enhancements provided by the
>Community Source Model (can I smell cash for good developments here...?)
>UNTIL enough (say 70%) of our customers have upgraded to CF
>6.0/greylock/holygrailware."
Um... we _are- supporting the product. From Charles' post a few weeks back:
"Macromedia will continue to support Spectra via a community source model,
on-going technical support, training, and consulting, as well as having a
team of engineers working on bug fixes and quality assurance for community
source submissions. Spectra will continue to be offered for sale, using our
partners as the primary sales channel. We also will do our best to give you
early access to technology previews, alphas, and betas of the new
technologies already under development."
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Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia
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