Congratulations to the Witango team on this is monumental
accomplishment. I eagerly await the faq and the opportunity to beta
test.
Like Robert (and many others), I look forward to a re-invigorated
community, which I believe (echoing Michael) will rely upon reusable
components (TCFs) for growing a developer base.
I think the misgivings of some on the list have arisen from the pace
at which feature enhancements and bug fixes were introduced. These
concerns may be somewhat addressed by releasing the source code
(hopefully accompanied by gcc build tools, so it's as simple as ./
configure and ./build).
With Witango Server/Studio becoming a community-based project, the
need for strong leadership is more important than ever. I can think
of no-one more important to the ongoing health of the project than
Phil Wade (although his ability to herd cats has yet to be
demonstrated). I hope that after accepting his kudos and taking a
well-earned vacation that Phil will assume the role of leading the
witango community project.
Bill
William M. Conlon, P.E., Ph.D.
To the Point
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On Feb 11, 2008, at 4:59 AM, Phil Wade wrote:
WITANGO COMMUNITY UPDATE
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Th Witango 6 development project is now drawing to a close and in
the coming weeks a full public beta of both studio and server will
be released. The full release of Witango 6 will be accompanied by
significant changes to both pricing and licensing, we therefore
take this opportunity to update the community as we move forward.
New Licensing
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Once the beta testing has been completed and version 6 goes into
release, the source code for both the server and studio will be
open sourced under its own license. Witango will continue to be a
commercial product and a license will need to be purchased. There
will be 3 editions of the Server:
The Lite edition - no change to current license conditions
The Developer edition - no change to current license conditions.
The Professional edition - single machine license, with no
limitation on number of processes or CPUs.
New Pricing
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Witango Studio v6 US$199
Witango Studio upgrade - US$99
Witango Server Lite - Free
Witango Server Developer Edition - Free with studio
Witango Server Professional - US$1499
Witango Server Upgrade from v5.5 - US$999
Witango Server Upgrade from pre v5.5 - US$1299
Those customers who own Witango 5.5 professional edition servers
will have the option at the time of upgrade to upgrade their server
to two (2) Witango 6 Professional edition licenses for US$1499.
Witango licenses will only be available direct from Witango
Technologies and no further discount will apply.
Your Enquiries
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A comprehensive outline of new features will be available on
release of the beta. We understand many of you will have
questions, please direct them off list to [EMAIL PROTECTED] We will
compile a FAQ and post back to the list.
It has been a long term goal for Witango Technologies to move
Witango to an Open Source product, with simplified and affordable
licensing. Witango v6 therefore represents a major milestone for
us. We would also take his opportunity to thank our development
team who have worked with consistent enthusiasm and considerable
effort in preparing the code for open source.
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