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texte = Ken Grome wrote:>Fom a business standpoint, why should they when they have invested so much >in it?Unless something earth shattering happens, WebDNA has reached the end of its proft lifecycle (think BeOS). It was surpassed long ago by PHP/MySQL and others. Such is life.I am not a technical person. I started out using WebStar on MacOS 8, and then moved on to Apache on OS X, and now have moved on to Apache 2.2 / Fedora Core 5 on a dual Xeon box that is simultaneously running a virtualized copy of Windows 2003 server on VMWare. I'd never have been able to get started on this path were it not for an amazing little product called Webcatalog and for that I'm truly grateful.But life goes on, and we must adjust to a changing marketplace, like you have apparently done. Congratulations!It is my observation that companies like Red Hat have been very successful with open source projects like Fedora. If you want bleeding edge ( I do ;) ), you do it at your own peril, but you're satisfied, because what the hell, ya got the damn thing for free, didn't ya?What has been the biggest gripe from us WebDNA developers over the past 7 years - the damn thing costs too much!It is my impression that open source works because:1) The company that provides for it improves their image in the internet community and developers2) It provides a pathway back to their mature, stable and for-profit software and services3) They can leverage the publicity/buzz for their open source project into increased revenue for their for-profit software and services4) The company spends less on R&D because the open source community is doing some of it for themSo how about it guys and gals? Are there enough of us diehards left to draft an open source proposal to SMSI? Or is it time to cremate WebCat and scatter the ashes?Will StarckNovaDerm Skincare Sciencewjs@novaderm.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/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Ken Grome wrote:>Fom a business standpoint, why should they when they have invested so much >in it?Unless something earth shattering happens, WebDNA has reached the end of its proft lifecycle (think BeOS). It was surpassed long ago by PHP/MySQL and others. Such is life.I am not a technical person. I started out using WebStar on MacOS 8, and then moved on to Apache on OS X, and now have moved on to Apache 2.2 / Fedora Core 5 on a dual Xeon box that is simultaneously running a virtualized copy of Windows 2003 server on VMWare. I'd never have been able to get started on this path were it not for an amazing little product called Webcatalog and for that I'm truly grateful.But life goes on, and we must adjust to a changing marketplace, like you have apparently done. Congratulations!It is my observation that companies like Red Hat have been very successful with open source projects like Fedora. If you want bleeding edge ( I do ;) ), you do it at your own peril, but you're satisfied, because what the hell, ya got the damn thing for free, didn't ya?What has been the biggest gripe from us WebDNA developers over the past 7 years - the damn thing costs too much!It is my impression that open source works because:1) The company that provides for it improves their image in the internet community and developers2) It provides a pathway back to their mature, stable and for-profit software and services3) They can leverage the publicity/buzz for their open source project into increased revenue for their for-profit software and services4) The company spends less on R&D because the open source community is doing some of it for themSo how about it guys and gals? Are there enough of us diehards left to draft an open source proposal to SMSI? Or is it time to cremate WebCat and scatter the ashes?Will StarckNovaDerm Skincare Sciencewjs@novaderm.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/ "WJ Starck"

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