Re: [WebDNA] WebDNA future
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numero = 104501
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texte = > Last year I successfully arranged a cooperative effort between WebDNA = and Sun Microsystems. They agreed to work with WSC to create a new = version of WebDNA that installs and runs under Sun's popular server = OS's. They normally charge $250 per hour for such service but I got = them to offer this service free of charge. All you had to do was = provide the source code so I could volunteer my time and effort to work = with Sun on WSC's behalf until we succeeded in our goals ... but you = rejected Sun's offer and mine. Why would we need Sun's help to build a Solaris version? particularely = in giving away to unknown people the WebDNA source code that WSC paid = for... there will be two Solaris versions for the next version of = WebDNA: one x86 and one SPARC. There is no problem with that, it is no = big deal. About the OpenSource: it is na=EFve to believe that thousand of people = will join your efforts for free if you decide to offer the source code. = This might happen if your product is already has already a name (apache, = php...), not before. Ask Igor Sysoev, the guys who created nginx: he is = pretty alone working on his "OpenSource software". The guy who = developped lighttpd found a job and left the software "as-is" during = more than a year: no one worked on it. Wikipedia is begging for help. I = am not sure the OpenSource is the solution to everything... you are = right on one thing: i am stubborn and i strongly believe in WebDNA. Anyway, thank you for your kind words :-) - chris
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> Last year I successfully arranged a cooperative effort between WebDNA = and Sun Microsystems. They agreed to work with WSC to create a new = version of WebDNA that installs and runs under Sun's popular server = OS's. They normally charge $250 per hour for such service but I got = them to offer this service free of charge. All you had to do was = provide the source code so I could volunteer my time and effort to work = with Sun on WSC's behalf until we succeeded in our goals ... but you = rejected Sun's offer and mine. Why would we need Sun's help to build a Solaris version? particularely = in giving away to unknown people the WebDNA source code that WSC paid = for... there will be two Solaris versions for the next version of = WebDNA: one x86 and one SPARC. There is no problem with that, it is no = big deal. About the OpenSource: it is na=EFve to believe that thousand of people = will join your efforts for free if you decide to offer the source code. = This might happen if your product is already has already a name (apache, = php...), not before. Ask Igor Sysoev, the guys who created nginx: he is = pretty alone working on his "OpenSource software". The guy who = developped lighttpd found a job and left the software "as-is" during = more than a year: no one worked on it. Wikipedia is begging for help. I = am not sure the OpenSource is the solution to everything... you are = right on one thing: i am stubborn and i strongly believe in WebDNA. Anyway, thank you for your kind words :-) - chris
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