David Bovill wrote:
Adobe open sources Flex and continues to support and sell the commercial
product:
http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source:FAQ
"Wish"? Of course. As a consultant, nothing would be a greater boon to
my business than moving from a sole-source proprietary language to one
which is free and open to all. Given the many benefits of open source
for development tools, it's quite a testament to Rev's ROI that all
three of the companies whose technology I manage continue to rely on it
even though it's proprietary.
But I don't think open source is likely in the foreseeable future.
RunRev Ltd. and their backers have a lot invested in Rev, and any path
to the future would need to provide a healthy return on that investment.
Moreover, a tool as complex as Rev would be expensive to maintain and
enhance, so unless there are a lot of expert programmers who are
independently wealthy I suspect they'd need to be compensated, and I
wonder if any donation scheme would ultimately cost less than the
current low upgrade fees.
But aside from being free/gratis, are there other specific benefits
you'd look forward to if it became open source?
--
Richard Gaskin
Managing Editor, revJournal
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