| Subject | Re: CCR |
|---|---|
| Author | David Warnock |
| Post date | 2000-01-17T18:26:47Z |
Chad,
other message and feel free to mail me privately if you are still
unhappy.
acknowledging an alternative I suggested.
Anyway the anology is not really correct. A better one would be that if
I want to attract Oracle developers to Interbase I have to make it
easier for them, so I make sure that if I have an application using
Oracle it is really easy to plug in Interbase and see the advantages.
In the same way if there are excellent open source programmers out there
coding on various dbms (there are more than 10 in various stages) [or
other projects, or new to open source but good C programmers] and I want
to attract them to come and develop interbase I have to make it easy for
them. As a vcs is probably the only tool the project really forces onto
the developers I think it would take a brave newbie project to select a
different tool to all the other projects.
development (in return for the free advertising) I would be very
unhappy, even the I would not be happy as I would worry about their
influence.
See my other mail for the requirements, I would anyway be interested to
know if any commercial tools meet them (my expectation is that there are
distintly different requirements and priorities for vcs tools for open
source and commercial projects, therefore a commericial tool will be
focused on the requirements of commerical software and is less likely to
suit the needs of open source projects).
Dave
> :: For an open source project there is currently only one standard that isI really don't think my mind is quite as closed as you make out. See my
> :: used on 99% of all projects and that is CVS.
>
> Are my messages just not reaching you? Is there a flu of closed mindedness
> travelling around that I am not aware of?
other message and feel free to mail me privately if you are still
unhappy.
> By your definition, we should just let IB die, becuase 60% of the businessIt is odd that this comment comes immediately before another
> world uses Oracle. Forget even LOOKING at alternatives, you've already made
> up our minds for all of us.
acknowledging an alternative I suggested.
Anyway the anology is not really correct. A better one would be that if
I want to attract Oracle developers to Interbase I have to make it
easier for them, so I make sure that if I have an application using
Oracle it is really easy to plug in Interbase and see the advantages.
In the same way if there are excellent open source programmers out there
coding on various dbms (there are more than 10 in various stages) [or
other projects, or new to open source but good C programmers] and I want
to attract them to come and develop interbase I have to make it easy for
them. As a vcs is probably the only tool the project really forces onto
the developers I think it would take a brave newbie project to select a
different tool to all the other projects.
> What if it were available free for this project? VCSs are usually licensedUnless the company is going to contribute real money to proper interbase
> controlled by the server.
development (in return for the free advertising) I would be very
unhappy, even the I would not be happy as I would worry about their
influence.
See my other mail for the requirements, I would anyway be interested to
know if any commercial tools meet them (my expectation is that there are
distintly different requirements and priorities for vcs tools for open
source and commercial projects, therefore a commericial tool will be
focused on the requirements of commerical software and is less likely to
suit the needs of open source projects).
Dave