Re: [SL] Mailing list issue

[<sql...@li...>]

Paying for support to use in a business environment to minimize your exposure 
is far different to me then getting 1/2 an application.  Apparently it is for 
others too, as if you noticed OO now has a database component due to so many 
people requesting/needing it. 

I also buy purely closed commercial products when appropriate for the need, so 
dont get me wrong that im some 'i want it all and i want it free' sort of 
person. Its just when i see a 'look we are free, unless you really are going 
to use it' is just plain bunk and a bit morally questionable.

BTW and back OT, SL isn't one of the latter, you get all the current 
functionality upfront. ( unless i missed something all this time that is ) 
Personally I think the ( open ) communities future is at stake here with 
these discussions, not the actual application which is still there, free, and 
usable.. One shouldnt discount the open community.

On Monday 13 July 2009 05:41:14 pm sql...@li... 
wrote:
> I would have to disagree there,
>
> I like that business model. I used Open Office and liked it and when I
> needed more functionality I was happy to purchase Star Office. The same
> was true of PGAdmin III and several other apps I use on a daily basis.
>
> I loaded SQL and played with it enough to know it would suite my needs
> so I bought the manual and a years subscription. If I upgrade I will pay
> for another year and get a new manual but for now 2.6.22 is working just
> fine and I'm not one of those patch happy people that need to have the
> latest version fully updated.
>
> I think of them as previews not teasers.
>
> Jeff Roberts
>
> sql...@li... wrote:
> > And those companies that use OSS as a 'teaser', arent playing by the
> > spirit, and personally id never do business with them.
> >
> > On Monday 13 July 2009 04:19:17 pm sql...@li...
> >
> > wrote:
> >> This is why most of the larger OSS companies have a free and open-
> >> sourced version which has enough bells and whistles to be interesting
> >> but they hold back some modules that their actual target market would
> >> require in production.  (The source for these modules is usually
> >> still available as well but for paid subscribers only and obviously
> >> not re-distributable!)
> >>     They really get the best of both worlds this way with OSS
> >> developers on the "team" often contributing to the non-OSS modules as
> >> well.  There have been a few cases where specific non-OSS modules
> >> were recreated by external OSS developers, (a good example is
> >> Zimbra's backup function or some of KnowledgeTree's document
> >> importing tools), but for the most part it's a model that works very
> >> well.
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Michael
>
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