Don't you just wish Rev would do this?

[Richard Gaskin]

David Bovill wrote:
> Adobe open sources Flex and continues to support and sell the commercial
> product:
> 
> http://labs.adobe.com/wiki/index.php/Flex:Open_Source:FAQ

"Wish"?  Of course. As a consultant, nothing would be a greater boon to 
my business than moving from a sole-source proprietary language to one 
which is free and open to all.  Given the many benefits of open source 
for development tools, it's quite a testament to Rev's ROI that all 
three of the companies whose technology I manage continue to rely on it 
even though it's proprietary.

But I don't think open source is likely in the foreseeable future. 
RunRev Ltd. and their backers have a lot invested in Rev, and any path 
to the future would need to provide a healthy return on that investment.

Moreover, a tool as complex as Rev would be expensive to maintain and 
enhance, so unless there are a lot of expert programmers who are 
independently wealthy I suspect they'd need to be compensated, and I 
wonder if any donation scheme would ultimately cost less than the 
current low upgrade fees.

But aside from being free/gratis, are there other specific benefits 
you'd look forward to if it became open source?

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