| Subject | Re: [IBDI] is this a REAL OpenSource? |
|---|---|
| Author | Paul Reeves |
| Post date | 2000-09-19T16:09:06Z |
Ann Harrison wrote:
gain a stronger hold. When Kylix was conceived there was no real Linux
equivalent of Delphi et al. There probably still isn't, but the quality is
improving rapidly. And competent programmers tend to outgrow the two-way design
stuff anyway.
A commercial product is going to have a hard time competing in the open source
market place in the coming year or two. To compete will require that Inprise
change their entire business model. One of Delphi's current shortcomings is that
patches and updates just don't happen in a timely manner. Open source allows
almost instantaneous fixes. Another shortcoming is the way that each release is
slightly incompatible with previous ones. This is more for commercial than
technical reasons as it 'encourages' upgrades.
I am not sure that Inprise's reputation in the Open Source community is going to
bother them at the moment, as I don't think they are going to be able to
compete. Whether this is going to matter or not, I don't know. The standard
business model could continue for quite a while. Of course, one of Inprises
problems is that they haven't done very well under that model. Which is why they
try and re-invent themselves every couple of years. Who knows - maybe we will
see new management and an open source product line in a year or so. I live and
wait.
Paul
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Paul Reeves
Fleet River Software
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>Kylix is well behind schedule and every slip allows open source competitors to
> At 06:36 PM 9/19/2000 +0400, Dmitry Kuzmenko wrote:
>
>
> >Hmm, you think it will help? I don't think so. This will happen
> >again and again. And I don't see alternative of forking the code.
>
> I don't know if it will work. However, Inprise must learn
> that their reputation is getting worse in the open source
> community (aka Linux community, aka Kylix market). Only then
> will they be open to new ideas.
>
gain a stronger hold. When Kylix was conceived there was no real Linux
equivalent of Delphi et al. There probably still isn't, but the quality is
improving rapidly. And competent programmers tend to outgrow the two-way design
stuff anyway.
A commercial product is going to have a hard time competing in the open source
market place in the coming year or two. To compete will require that Inprise
change their entire business model. One of Delphi's current shortcomings is that
patches and updates just don't happen in a timely manner. Open source allows
almost instantaneous fixes. Another shortcoming is the way that each release is
slightly incompatible with previous ones. This is more for commercial than
technical reasons as it 'encourages' upgrades.
I am not sure that Inprise's reputation in the Open Source community is going to
bother them at the moment, as I don't think they are going to be able to
compete. Whether this is going to matter or not, I don't know. The standard
business model could continue for quite a while. Of course, one of Inprises
problems is that they haven't done very well under that model. Which is why they
try and re-invent themselves every couple of years. Who knows - maybe we will
see new management and an open source product line in a year or so. I live and
wait.
Paul
--
Paul Reeves
Fleet River Software
/***************************************************************************
* v1.0 of the InterBase Heartbeat - Database Monitor is now available. *
* Visit http://www.fleetriver.demon.co.uk to download an evaluation copy. *
***************************************************************************/