Hi John;
It is very easy to put limitations into IceBreak .. ( IceBrakes ?? ) and
make that distribution available free - we already have and it is called
IceBreak-Inspire. However, the whole idea here was to go "open-source".
At the end of the day I think it will be like the Zend/mySQL model:
services, binary installs, extended features, support, and applications
running on top of it.
We have to change the paradigm: now the server has a price but the
applications and frameworks are free. To server is free / open source but
the applications and frameworks has a price....
Thanks for your input
Best regards
Niels Liisberg
IceBreak Chief SW Architect
System & Metode Technologies
Håndværkersvinget 8, DK-2970 Hørsholm
Phone: +45 70 20 36 10
Fax: +45 70 20 30 11
Direct: +45 45 177 055
Mobile: +45 31 158 861
E-mail: nli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web: www.system-method.com and www.Icebreak.org
-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: 11. juni 2008 18:30
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Thinking out loud about a new RPG web framework
On 11-Jun-08, at 10:53 AM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
However, it requires that we can come up with another way to drive our
revenue. If you have any suggestions we will appreciate it.
Look at Zend, MySQL, or SugarCRM - all of them appear to make money.
There are two obvious areas, service/support contracts, and selling
"deluxe" versions with additional features.
One of your competitors (while not open-source) has an interesting
model - the IDE is free and the server software is free for up to ten
users. Beyond ten you pay for additional capacity.
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
midrange.com
