Re: Webcat no longer supported?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2006
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = No problem... if SM accepts. chris On Jul 8, 2006, at 11:05, HipCitySales wrote: > 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 digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > 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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No problem... if SM accepts. chris On Jul 8, 2006, at 11:05, HipCitySales wrote: > 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 digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > 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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