Sure. The Apache foundation is one such example of open source prooving utility in the open source community. An not just utility but competing. In the very least open source solutions drive creative direction even if the open source solution is used as a guide how *not* to build something. ------------------------------------------------------------- What's your take? Do you think open source solutions from Davids like Laszlo can compete against for-pay solutions from Goliaths such as Microsoft or Micromedia? - Gerald ----------------------- Gerald Bauer Rich Client Conference (RichCon) 2005 - http://richcon.com XUL News Wire - http://xulnews.com XUL Alliance - http://xulalliance.org United XAML - http://unitedxaml.org ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: InterSystems CACHE FREE OODBMS DOWNLOAD - A multidimensional database that combines robust object and relational technologies, making it a perfect match for Java, C++,COM, XML, ODBC and JDBC. www.intersystems.com/match8 _______________________________________________ xul-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xul-talk