[XOM-interest] Iterable Elements
Tatu Saloranta
cowtowncoder at yahoo.com
Fri Jun 1 17:25:25 EDT 2007
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From: Olivier Lefevre <lefevrol at yahoo.com>
To: xom-interest at lists.ibiblio.org
Sent: Friday, June 1, 2007 9:54:50 AM
Subject: Re: [XOM-interest] Iterable Elements
Michael Kay wrote:
> >
> > No, the dynamics of open source development changes that entirely. When
> > users aren't paying, they can't make demands.
> You are merely saying that, as someone who works (to a large extent) pro
> deo gratias, you are unwilling to pay the onerous entry ticket to the
> enterprise software world; I assume Elliotte's position is much the
No I don't think that's what Michael said: but rather that if _paying customers_ (which he has, as some percentage of all users) demand certain set of functionality (Java 5 enabled access; support for JDK 1.2), he can determine whether there's pay off there. And for others, they "get what they get".
I don't see this as unconvinging at all.
This does not preclude any particular feature per se, just means he can prioritize things based on economics. That is, by the way, not very different from how bigger enterprise companies do to.
Ever tried to get extended support from Oracle or Sun? You pay through your nose to be a platinum customer, and you are listened to bit more than bronze customer, who gets slightly more attention than Billy-Bob who bought his Sun work stations second hand from eBay.
Compare this to, say, my open source work, where I literally have no paying customers: that's probably what you had in mind. But I'm not claiming any enterprise status, beyond noting plenty of enterprises do use the software for free.
-+ Tatu +-
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