[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Don't you think that all open source projects begin as a labour of love? > Then enough smart & committed people take it forward into something more.
Absolutely! And Spectra has many things in its favour, not least: - there is an established client base already using the product - many developers understand the product - there is good documentation (certainly compared with most open source projects) - it actually works, though it's *not* a solution out of the box Don't get me wrong, I've been a Spectra fanatic since the earliest beta and have fought the good fight for years. Oh, and there may be the odd bit of fight left in me yet :) But a labour of love is a point solution -- something a small group of developers (often one) can lavish attention on and make useful. An application framework is very much more difficult -- not least because adding functionality to a system needs to allow for so many variations of its implementation. Spectra is going to be difficult to manage because beyond the COAPI it doesn't really offer a clear road-map for development. How many of us on this list are running independent site layout models, custom reporting, unique workflow, bastardised container management and so on. The stark reality is open source is a grave yard for best intentions. -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
