I have a question for you John... For folks using RunRev in a commercial setting - we need the program to be developed further - bug fixes, more extensive utilization of html in fields, better table objects, that sort of thing.
Under an open source model, or a freeware model, would the resources be available for the development of RunRev to continue at the necessary pace? I recall that at one point some folks were developing a program called 'Free Card' that was to be an open source Xtalk style program (I believe this is correct, but am not certain on this point). It seems like that project did not blossom (or at least, I have not heard much about it - a quick search on Google did not turn up much). Personally, I would rather pay for the program, and have rapid development of the IDE. My opinion - I think they need a freeware version to lure in new users, but that would not be the same as making it open source or making the full product freeware. You sound as if you have done a good bit of research into freeware and open source business models, so I am genuinely asking for your knowledge on this topic. If they make it free, how would they fund development? Cheers, Jonathan _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
