A Philosophical Point

[Lynch, Jonathan]

I have a question for you John...

For folks using RunRev in a commercial setting - we need the program to
be developed further - bug fixes, more extensive utilization of html in
fields, better table objects, that sort of thing.

Under an open source model, or a freeware model, would the resources be
available for the development of RunRev to continue at the necessary
pace?

I recall that at one point some folks were developing a program called
'Free Card' that was to be an open source Xtalk style program (I believe
this is correct, but am not certain on this point). It seems like that
project did not blossom (or at least, I have not heard much about it - a
quick search on Google did not turn up much).

Personally, I would rather pay for the program, and have rapid
development of the IDE.

My opinion - I think they need a freeware version to lure in new users,
but that would not be the same as making it open source or making the
full product freeware.

You sound as if you have done a good bit of research into freeware and
open source business models, so I am genuinely asking for your knowledge
on this topic.

If they make it free, how would they fund development?


Cheers,

Jonathan