Re: [OT] Who's got a cool link
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
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numero = 42808
interpreted = N
texte = On 8/21/02 3:14 PM, Ben Swihart
wrote:> No, no, not hostile... just trying to find out what you meant by open> source in a sense. I want to know how other webDNA developers feel about> open source software, in the GPL sense. Once the developers forum is> online, I hope there is a healthy dialogue about this subject.I think its critical to the survival of webdna? If you have 30 developersonly so many will buy your code hence you have to charge outrageous fees torecoop your efforts. So trying to sell your products to the locals doesn'twork. What you need is to sell your products to non-locals, give youradd-ons away or improve the resources of developers so as to lure moredevelopers.If Jesse knew he could sell 1000 copies of his board, he could charge $60.00per copy, but if he is selling 10 copies he has to charge 600.00. Thisfurther stifles the growth of webdna, because developers see it as anexpensive solution with expensive add-ons.PHP is cheap, with cheap add ons. Therefore their bed of developers is muchgreater than webdna.Problem is Jesse has to love webdna a lot to develop in true open source.Because he will have to work twice as hard to get the product out, withothers individual ideas.Its the chicken/egg syndrome. Robert MinorDirector of Internet Services------------------------------------------------------------Cybermill Communicationshttp://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development andhosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us!-------------------------------------------------------------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://search.smithmicro.com/
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On 8/21/02 3:14 PM, Ben Swihart wrote:> No, no, not hostile... just trying to find out what you meant by open> source in a sense. I want to know how other webDNA developers feel about> open source software, in the GPL sense. Once the developers forum is> online, I hope there is a healthy dialogue about this subject.I think its critical to the survival of webdna? If you have 30 developersonly so many will buy your code hence you have to charge outrageous fees torecoop your efforts. So trying to sell your products to the locals doesn'twork. What you need is to sell your products to non-locals, give youradd-ons away or improve the resources of developers so as to lure moredevelopers.If Jesse knew he could sell 1000 copies of his board, he could charge $60.00per copy, but if he is selling 10 copies he has to charge 600.00. Thisfurther stifles the growth of webdna, because developers see it as anexpensive solution with expensive add-ons.PHP is cheap, with cheap add ons. Therefore their bed of developers is muchgreater than webdna.Problem is Jesse has to love webdna a lot to develop in true open source.Because he will have to work twice as hard to get the product out, withothers individual ideas.Its the chicken/egg syndrome. Robert MinorDirector of Internet Services------------------------------------------------------------Cybermill Communicationshttp://www.cybermill.com http://www.merchantmaker.comProviding Ecommerce and interactive website development andhosting services on Macintosh, Windows NT, Unix, and AS/400.All your websites are belong to us!-------------------------------------------------------------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://search.smithmicro.com/
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