rebol tech business direction
[1/2] from: rishi:picostar at: 10-Sep-2000 15:02
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I personally would prefer REBOL charging for services/commercial use rather than the
technology. I wouldn't want to see rebol's (programming language) future determined my
marketers (who might limit or influence module design, features, etc...) rather than
the programmers and engineers who use the language...
At the same time, I would like to see the company profit so more development/resources
can go into REBOL. Here are my suggestions:
- Make rebol core/command/view/apache etc... free for non-commerical use (no-support)
- charge licensing fee for commercial or for-profit use. Add support services for this
fee.
- charge service based fees for developing custom dialacts for companies that need it.
This way, there is no marketing reason to stifle/limit/bloat... the technology...
Just a thought....
Rishi
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I personally would prefer REBOL charging for
services/commercial use rather than the technology. I wouldn't want to see
rebol's (programming language) future determined my marketers (who might limit
or influence module design, features, etc...) rather than the programmers and
engineers who use the language...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>At the same time, I would like to see the company
profit so more development/resources can go into REBOL. Here are my
suggestions:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- Make rebol core/command/view/apache etc... free
for non-commerical use (no-support)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- charge licensing fee for commercial or for-profit
use. Add support services for this fee.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>- charge service based fees for developing custom
dialacts for companies that need it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This way, there is no marketing reason to
stifle/limit/bloat... the technology...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just a thought....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rishi</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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[2/2] from: tim::johnsons-web::com at: 10-Sep-2000 14:47
Hi:
My two cents worth of a question here:
[rishi--picostar--com] wrote: