Re: Webcat no longer supported?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 67744
interpreted = N
texte = I say we get 50 people to put in $5,000. We make it open source and give it life!!!! Who's in? > On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:04:57 -0500 > Dale Lists
wrote: >> Of course a possibly less expensive way would be to have everyone buy 1-2 >> shares of SM stock, >> then they would be required (I believe) to answer questions from >> stockholders. > > > Now THAT is an excellent thought and likely would lead to some answers. > Current price is > $14.74/share. > > I'm not really sure that the market for WebDNA is large enough to support > investment by anyone who > wasn't prepared to do battle with the marketing and development budgets of > Microsoft and > Adobe/Macromedia. Let's be realistic: php is free, so there's no sense even > trying to compete with > that, and anyone who is willing to pay for a server-side scripting language is > going to go for the > 'shiniest' one with the best marketing and support, so unless WebDNA can be > upgraded to keep up > with the times and then also made super-shiny to grab those who would > otherwise buy CF or > ASP/dotNet, etc. then, to me, there really is no future in the product for > anybody but those of us > who still use it. > > That said, it seems to me that open-sourcing would be the only viable option > for those of us who > don't want to let go. Would SM do it? I don't know. Probably not. What's in it > for them? Maybe we > could start a non-profit co. and then SM could 'donate' WebDNA to us so that > way at least they > could get a tax write-off on it. > > Just thinking out loud... > -Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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I say we get 50 people to put in $5,000. We make it open source and give it life!!!! Who's in? > On Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:04:57 -0500 > Dale Lists wrote: >> Of course a possibly less expensive way would be to have everyone buy 1-2 >> shares of SM stock, >> then they would be required (I believe) to answer questions from >> stockholders. > > > Now THAT is an excellent thought and likely would lead to some answers. > Current price is > $14.74/share. > > I'm not really sure that the market for WebDNA is large enough to support > investment by anyone who > wasn't prepared to do battle with the marketing and development budgets of > Microsoft and > Adobe/Macromedia. Let's be realistic: php is free, so there's no sense even > trying to compete with > that, and anyone who is willing to pay for a server-side scripting language is > going to go for the > 'shiniest' one with the best marketing and support, so unless WebDNA can be > upgraded to keep up > with the times and then also made super-shiny to grab those who would > otherwise buy CF or > ASP/dotNet, etc. then, to me, there really is no future in the product for > anybody but those of us > who still use it. > > That said, it seems to me that open-sourcing would be the only viable option > for those of us who > don't want to let go. Would SM do it? I don't know. Probably not. What's in it > for them? Maybe we > could start a non-profit co. and then SM could 'donate' WebDNA to us so that > way at least they > could get a tax write-off on it. > > Just thinking out loud... > -Dan > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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